{The best robe} (stol(886e) t(886e) pr(9374)(886e)). Stol(885c) 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 ( 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}
(daktulion). Common in classical writers and the LXX, but here
only in the N.T. From daktulos, finger. See chrusodaktulios
in Jas 2:2 . {Shoes} (hupod(886d)ata). Sandals, "bound under."
Both sandals and ring are marks of the freeman as slaves were
barefooted.
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