Luke 15:24

American Standard Version (1901)

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησεν· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη. Καὶ ἤρξαντο εὐφραίνεσθαι.

Transliteration

For this the huios of-me nekros ēn, and anezēsen; and apolōlōs ēn, and heurethē. And ērxanto euphrainesthai.

Grammar Details

• *huios*: noun, masculine singular, nominative - son
• μου: personal pronoun, genitive, 1st person singular - of me
• *nekros*: adjective, masculine singular, nominative - dead
• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular of *eimi* - was
• *anezēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - came to life again
• *apolōlōs*: perfect active participle, masculine singular, nominative - having been lost
• *heurethē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was found
• *ērxanto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they began
• *euphrainesthai*: present passive infinitive - to celebrate/rejoice

Word Meanings

• *huios*: son
• *nekros*: dead/lifeless
• *anezēsen*: came to life again/revived/became alive again
• *apolōlōs*: having been lost/perished/gone astray
• *heurethē*: was found/discovered
• *ērxanto*: began/started
• *euphrainesthai*: to celebrate/rejoice/be merry/make merry

Referenced Verses

• Luke 15:32 : 32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again] ; and [was] lost, and is found.
• Eph 2:1 : 1 And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
• Eph 2:5 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
• Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
• Rev 3:1 : 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.
• Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
• Luke 15:4 : 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
• Rom 6:11 : 11 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
• Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
• Matt 18:10-13 : 10 See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. 11 (Ommitted) 12 How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray? 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.
• Mark 8:22 : 22 And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him.
• Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.
• Gen 45:28 : 28 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Isa 66:11 : 11 that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
• Jer 31:12-17 : 12 And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah. 15 Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not. 16 Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and [thy] children shall come again to their own border.
• Ezek 34:4 : 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
• Rom 6:13 : 13 neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
• Luke 15:7-9 : 7 I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, [more] than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance. 8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
• John 5:24-25 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
• Rom 11:15 : 15 For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
• Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.
• 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;