Luke 15:24

World English Bible (2000)

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

📖 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 appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"
• Eph 2:1 : 1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
• Eph 2:5 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
• Col 2:13 : 13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
• 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 assembly in Sardis write: "He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
• Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
• Luke 15:4 : 4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
• Rom 6:11 : 11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 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 you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost. 12 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? 13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
• Mark 8:22 : 22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
• Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
• Gen 45:28 : 28 Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."
• Isa 35:10 : 10 The Yahweh's ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away."
• Isa 66:11 : 11 that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory."
• Jer 31:12-17 : 12 They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, 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 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh. 15 Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. 16 Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 17 There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and [your] children shall come again to their own border.
• Ezek 34:4 : 4 You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.
• Rom 6:13 : 13 Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
• Luke 15:7-9 : 7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance. 8 Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it? 9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
• John 5:24-25 : 24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
• Rom 11:15 : 15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
• Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
• 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. 15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;