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Andκαὶcalling overπροσκαλεσάμενοςoneἕναof the servants,τῶν παίδωνhe askedἐπυνθάνετοwhatτίthese thingsταῦταmight be.ἂν εἴη
Luke 15:26
Study it in the app“And calling over one of the servants, he asked what these things might be.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:26, word by word
- calling overπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenos
summon
Call to oneself, summon.
Where else “proskalesamenos” appears- oneἕναhena
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hena” appears- of the servantsπαίδωνpaidōn
servant
A young man who works in his master's service.
Where else “paidōn” appears- he askedἐπυνθάνετοepynthaneto
ask
To ask questions to find out something one does not know.
Where else “epynthaneto” appears- might beεἴηeiē
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eiē” appears
The context
25Now his older son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 · This verse (above)
27And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’
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)