Luk 12:32 | RWP | e4.org | Little flock ( το μικρον ποιμνιον ). Vocative with the article as used in Hebrew and often in the Koine and so in the N.T. See both πατερ and ο πατηρ in the vocative in . See Robertson, Grammar , pp. 465f. Ποιμνιον (flock) is a contraction from ποιμενιον from ποιμην (shepherd) instead of the usual ποιμνη (flock). So it is not a diminutive and μικρον is not superfluous, though it is pathetic. For it is your Father's good pleasure ( οτ ευδοκησεν ο πατηρ υμων ). First aorist active indicative of ευδοκεω . Timeless aorist as in . This verse has no parallel in Matthew.

‏ Luke 12:32

Little flock ( το μικρον ποιμνιον ). Vocative with the article as used in Hebrew and often in the Koine and so in the N.T. See both πατερ and ο πατηρ in the vocative in Lu 10:21. See Robertson, Grammar, pp. 465f. Ποιμνιον (flock) is a contraction from ποιμενιον from ποιμην (shepherd) instead of the usual ποιμνη (flock). So it is not a diminutive and μικρον is not superfluous, though it is pathetic.

For it is your Father's good pleasure ( οτ ευδοκησεν ο πατηρ υμων ). First aorist active indicative of ευδοκεω. Timeless aorist as in Lu 3:22. This verse has no parallel in Matthew.