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I will get upἀναστὰςandgoπορεύσομαιtoπρὸςmy father,τὸν πατέρα μουandκαὶI will sayἐρῶto him,αὐτῷ“Father,ΠάτερI have sinnedἥμαρτονagainstεἰςheavenτὸν οὐρανὸνandκαὶbeforeἐνώπιόνyou;σου
Luke 15:18
Study it in the app“I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;”
The father welcomes the son who returned and throws a feastForgiveness
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:18, word by word
- I will get upἀναστὰςanastas
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appears- goπορεύσομαιporeusomai
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreusomai” appears- my fatherπατέραpatera
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patera” appears- I will sayἐρῶerō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “erō” appears- I have sinnedἥμαρτονhēmarton
sin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hēmarton” appears- heavenοὐρανὸνouranon
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranon” appears- beforeἐνώπιόνenōpion
before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appears
The context
17But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough bread, but I am perishing here with hunger!
18 · This verse (above)
19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired workers.”’
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)