{Had} (eichen). Imperfect active. Note ech(936e) (verse
4 ), echousa (verse 8 ), and now eichen. The
self-sacrificing care is that of the owner in each case. Here
(verses 11-32 ) we have the most famous of all the parables of
Jesus, the Prodigal Son, which is in Luke alone. We have had the
Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and now the Lost Son. Bruce notes that
in the moral sphere there must be self-recovery to give ethical
value to the rescue of the son who wandered away. That comes out
beautifully in this allegory.
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