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The best robe (stolēn tēn prōtēn). Stolē is an old word for a fine stately garment that comes down to the feet (from stello, to prepare, equip), the kind worn by kings (Mar 16:5; Luk 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 (daktulion). Common in classical writers and the lxx, but here only in the N.T. From daktulos, finger. See chrusodaktulios in Jam 2:2.
Shoes (hupodēmata). Sandals, “bound under.” Both sandals and ring are marks of the freeman as slaves were barefooted.