Luk 15:18 | NET2full | STEP | I will get up and go to my father and say to him , “ Father , I have sinned against heaven and against you .

‏ Luke 15:18

18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned ^{▼▼sn In the confession “I have sinned” there is a recognition of wrong that pictures the penitent coming home and “being found.”} against heaven ^{▼▼sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God.} and against ^{▼▼tn According to BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνωπιον 4.a, “in relation to ἁμαρτάνειν ἐ. τινος sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21 (cp. Jdth 5:17; 1 Km 7:6; 20:1).”} you.