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Andδὲheὁsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ‘Your brotherὉ ἀδελφός σουhas come,ἥκειandκαὶyour fatherὁ πατήρ σουhas slaughteredἔθυσενthe fattenedτὸν σιτευτόνcalf,τὸν μόσχονbecauseὅτιhe has receivedἀπέλαβενhimαὐτὸνbackἀπέλαβενsafe and sound.’ὑγιαίνοντα
Luke 15:27
Study it in the app“And 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.’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:27, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘Your brotherἀδελφόςadelphos
brother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphos” appears- has comeἥκειhēkei
have come
Come, arrive, be here.
Where else “hēkei” appears- your fatherπατήρpatēr
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patēr” appears- has slaughteredἔθυσενethysen
slaughter
To slaughter an animal for a banquet, or to take life.
Where else “ethysen” appears- the fattenedσιτευτόνsiteuton
fattened
Fattened, fed for slaughter.
Where else “siteuton” appears- calfμόσχονmoschon
calf
Calf, young bull.
Where else “moschon” appears- he has receivedἀπέλαβενapelaben
receive
To get one's due, or get it back.
Where else “apelaben” appears- safe and sound.’ὑγιαίνονταhygiainonta
be well
To be well in body.
Where else “hygiainonta” appears
The context
26And calling over one of the servants, he asked what these things might be.
27 · This verse (above)
28But he became angry and was not willing to go in. And his father came out and was pleading with him.
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)