Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 15:13 - 15:13

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 15:13 - 15:13


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Not many days after (met' ou pollas hēmeras). Literally, after not many days. Luke is fond of this idiom (Luk 7:6; Act 1:5).

Took his journey (apedēmēsen). First aorist active indicative of apodēmeō (from apodēmos, away from home). Common verb. In the N.T. here and Mat 21:33; Mat 25:14; Mar 12:1; Luk 20:9. He burned all his bridges behind him, gathering together all that he had.

Wasted (dieskorpisen). First aorist active indicative of diaskorpizō, a somewhat rare verb, the very opposite of “gathered together” (sunagogōn). More exactly he scattered his property. It is the word used of winnowing grain (Mat 25:24).

With riotous living (zōn asōtōs). Living dissolutely or profligately. The late adverb asōtōs (only here in the N.T.) from the common adjective asōtos (a privative and sōzō), one that cannot be saved, one who does not save, a spendthrift, an abandoned man, a profligate, a prodigal. He went the limit of sinful excesses. It makes sense taken actively or passively (prodigus or perditus), active probably here.