Luke 15:15

15:15 So he went and worked for ¹  one of the citizens of that country, who ²  sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ³ 

Luke 19:14

19:14 But his citizens ⁴  hated ⁵  him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man ⁶  to be king ⁷  over us!’

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¹ tn Grk “joined himself to” (in this case an idiom for beginning to work for someone).

² tn Grk “and he.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) and the personal pronoun have been translated by a relative pronoun to improve the English style.

³ sn To a Jew, being sent to the field to feed pigs would be an insult, since pigs were considered unclean animals (Lev 11:7).

⁴ tn Or “subjects.” Technically these people were not his subjects yet, but would be upon his return. They were citizens of his country who opposed his appointment as their king; later the newly-appointed king will refer to them as his “enemies” (v. 27).

⁵ tn The imperfect is intense in this context, suggesting an ongoing attitude.

⁶ tn Grk “this one” (somewhat derogatory in this context).

⁷ tn Or “to rule.”