Luk 15:22 | RWP | e4.org | The best robe ( στολην την πρωτην ). Στολη is an old word for a fine stately garment that comes down to the feet (from στελλο , to prepare, equip), the kind worn by kings ( ; ). 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 ( δακτυλιον ). Common in classical writers and the LXX, but here only in the N.T. From δακτυλος , finger. See χρυσοδακτυλιος in . Shoes ( υποδηματα ). Sandals, "bound under." Both sandals and ring are marks of the freeman as slaves were barefooted.

‏ Luke 15:22

The best robe ( στολην την πρωτην ). Στολη is an old word for a fine stately garment that comes down to the feet (from στελλο, to prepare, equip), the kind worn by kings (Mr 16:5; Lu 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 ( δακτυλιον ). Common in classical writers and the LXX, but here only in the N.T. From δακτυλος, finger. See χρυσοδακτυλιος in Jas 2:2.

Shoes ( υποδηματα ). Sandals, "bound under." Both sandals and ring are marks of the freeman as slaves were barefooted.