Luke 16:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ Ἀβραάμ, Τέκνον, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἀπέλαβες σὺ τὰ ἀγαθά σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου, καὶ Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά: νῦν δὲ ὅδε παρακαλεῖται, σὺ δὲ ὀδυνᾶσαι.

Transliteration

Eipen de Abraam, Teknon, mnēsthēti hoti apelabes you ta agatha of you in the zōē of you, and Lazaros homoiōs ta kaka: nyn de hode parakaleitai, you de odynasai.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *Teknon*: vocative singular neuter - child
• *mnēsthēti*: aorist passive imperative, 2nd singular - remember
• *hoti*: conjunction - that/because
• *apelabes*: aorist active indicative, 2nd singular - you received fully
• *ta agatha*: accusative plural neuter - the good things
• *zōē*: dative singular feminine - life
• *homoiōs*: adverb - likewise/similarly
• *ta kaka*: accusative plural neuter - the bad things/evil things
• *nyn*: adverb - now
• *hode*: demonstrative, nominative singular masculine - this one here
• *parakaleitai*: present passive indicative, 3rd singular - is comforted/consoled
• *odynasai*: present middle/passive indicative, 2nd singular - you are in pain/suffering

Word Meanings

• *Teknon*: child/son (term of affection)
• *mnēsthēti*: remember/recall
• *apelabes*: you received fully/you received in full/you received back
• *agatha*: good things/blessings/comforts
• *zōē*: life/lifetime
• *homoiōs*: likewise/similarly/in the same way
• *kaka*: bad things/evil things/hardships
• *parakaleitai*: is comforted/is consoled/is encouraged
• *odynasai*: you are in pain/you are suffering/you are tormented

Referenced Verses

• Luke 6:24 : 24 ‹But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.›
• Ps 17:14 : 14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
• 1 John 2:15 : 15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Mark 9:45 : 45 ‹And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:›
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Job 21:13-14 : 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
• Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
• Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
• Ps 73:12-19 : 12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15 ¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.
• Dan 5:22-23 : 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
• Dan 5:30 : 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Luke 16:20 : 20 ‹And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,›
• Luke 16:23 : 23 ‹And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.›
• John 16:33 : 33 ‹These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.›
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
• Heb 11:25 : 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;