Luke 15:18 — ExegesisTAB

The verse begins with the aorist participle anastas {ἀναστὰς | anastàs} ‘having arisen,’ functioning adverbially to mark a decisive preliminary action before the main future verbs. This participle is followed by the future middle verb poreusomai {πορεύσομαι | poréu-somai} ‘I will go,’ establishing the son’s resolved movement toward his father. The prepositional phrase pros ton patera mou {πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου | pròs tòn patéra mou} uses pros with the accusative to indicate motion to a personal destination, with the genitive pronoun mou specifying familial relation. The coordinating conjunction kai links to the second future verb erō {ἐρῶ | érō} ‘I will say,’ creating a sequence of intended actions: movement and speech. The indirect object autō {αὐτῷ | autô} ‘to him’ appears before the direct address, which begins with the vocative pater {Πάτερ | Páter} ‘Father,’ signaling a respectful appeal. Within the direct speech, hēmarton {ἥμαρτον | hḗ-marton} ‘I have sinned’ presents a succinct confession of guilt, followed by the prepositional phrase eis ton ouranon {εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν | eis tòn ouranòn} ‘against heaven,’ where heaven functions as a reverent circumlocution for the divine sphere. The conjunction kai then introduces enōpion sou {ἐνώπιόν σου | enṓpion soû} ‘before you,’ depicting the offense as committed in the personal presence of the father. In translation, the formal renders the participle + future combination literally in order, while the dynamic employs idiomatic English to convey the immediacy of both confession and confrontation.