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Luke 15:16-17

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15:16 He 1  was longing to eat 2  the carob pods 3  the pigs were eating, but 4  no one gave him anything. 15:17 But when he came to his senses 5  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food 6  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

1 tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

2 tn Or “would gladly have eaten”; Grk “was longing to be filled with.”

3 tn This term refers to the edible pods from a carob tree (BDAG 540 s.v. κεράτιον). They were bean-like in nature and were commonly used for fattening pigs, although they were also used for food by poor people (L&N 3.46).

4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

5 tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).

6 tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).



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