Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The best robe (stolhn thn prwthn). Stolh is an old word for a fine stately garment that comes down to the feet (from stello, to prepare, equip), the kind worn by kings (Mark 16:5; Luke 22:46). Literally, "a robe the first." But not the first that you find, but the first in rank and value, the finest in the house. This in contrast with his shabby clothes.
A ring (daktulion). Common in classical writers and the LXX, but here only in the N.T. From daktulov, finger. See xrusodaktuliov in James 2:2.
Shoes (upodhmata). Sandals, "bound under." Both sandals and ring are marks of the freeman as slaves were barefooted.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Luke 15:11
Luke 15:26
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