Luke 15:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως, λέγω ὑμῖν, χαρὰ γίνεται ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι.

Transliteration

Thus, legō to-you, chara ginetai enōpion of-the angelōn of-the Theou over one hamartōlō metanoounti.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• ὑμῖν: personal pronoun, dative, 2nd person plural - to you
• *chara*: noun, feminine singular, nominative - joy
• *ginetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd person singular - becomes/happens
• *enōpion*: preposition + genitive - before/in the presence of
• *angelōn*: noun, masculine plural, genitive - of angels
• *Theou*: noun, masculine singular, genitive - of God
• *hamartōlō*: noun, masculine singular, dative - sinner
• *metanoounti*: present active participle, masculine singular, dative - repenting

Word Meanings

• *legō*: I say/I tell/I speak
• *chara*: joy/gladness/delight
• *ginetai*: becomes/happens/arises
• *enōpion*: before/in the presence of/in front of
• *angelōn*: angels/messengers
• *Theou*: God/deity
• *hamartōlō*: sinner/wrongdoer
• *metanoounti*: repenting/changing mind/turning away from sin

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?
• Rev 5:11-14 : 11 And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. 13 And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
• Acts 10:3-5 : 3 He saw in a vision, clearly, at about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the Lord coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius! 4 And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind. 5 Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?
• 2 Chr 33:13-19 : 13 And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God. 14 After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah. 15 He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town. 16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel. 17 However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel. 19 And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.
• Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him on whom death comes, says the Lord: be turned back then, and have life.
• Ezek 18:23 : 23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?
• Acts 11:18 : 18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
• Phlm 1:15 : 15 For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;
• Matt 18:10 : 10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
• Matt 18:14 : 14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.
• Matt 28:5-7 : 5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross. 6 He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place. 7 And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.
• Luke 2:1-9 : 1 Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world. 2 This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria. 3 And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town. 4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David, 5 To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house. 8 And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them. 10 And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people: 11 For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
• Luke 7:47 : 47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
• Luke 15:7 : 7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.
• Acts 5:19 : 19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,