Ephesians 5:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὸ λέγει, Ἔγειραι ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός.

Transliteration

Dio legei, Egeirai the katheudōn, and anasta from the nekrōn, and epiphausei to you the Christos

Grammar Details

*Dio*: conjunction - therefore/for this reason
*legei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - says/speaks
*Egeirai*: aorist imperative, middle, 2nd singular - awake/arise [command]
*katheudōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - sleeping one
*anasta*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - rise up/stand up [command]
*nekrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of dead ones
*epiphausei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd singular - will shine upon
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

*Dio*: therefore/wherefore/for this reason
*legei*: says/speaks/it says
*Egeirai*: awake/arise
*katheudōn*: sleeping one/sleeper
*anasta*: rise up/stand up
*nekrōn*: dead ones/dead
*epiphausei*: will shine upon/will give light to
*Christos*: Christ/Anointed One

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Referenced Verses

Isa 60:1 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1 Thess 5:6 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Rom 13:11-12 : 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent , the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
John 5:25-29 : 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you , The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Rom 6:4-5 : 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Col 3:1 : 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
Ezek 37:4-9 : 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Eph 2:5 : 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,(by grace ye are saved;)
Rom 6:13 : 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Luke 1:78 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 9:5 : 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 11:43-44 : 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Acts 13:47 : 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
2 Tim 2:26 : 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

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