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Butδὲit was necessaryἔδειto celebrateεὐφρανθῆναιandκαὶrejoice,χαρῆναιbecauseὅτιthisοὗτοςbrother of yoursὁ ἀδελφός σουwasἦνdeadνεκρὸςandκαὶhas come to life,ἔζησενandκαὶwaslostἀπολωλὼςandκαὶhas been found.’”εὑρέθη
Luke 15:32
Study it in the app“But it was necessary to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, and was lost and has been found.’””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:32, word by word
- it was necessaryἔδειedei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “edei” appears- to celebrateεὐφρανθῆναιeuphranthēnai
celebrate
To feast and rejoice together.
Where else “euphranthēnai” appears- rejoiceχαρῆναιcharēnai
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “charēnai” appears- brother of yoursἀδελφόςadelphos
brother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphos” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- deadνεκρὸςnekros
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekros” appears- has come to lifeἔζησενezēsen
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “ezēsen” appears- lostἀπολωλὼςapolōlōs
be lost
Gone astray, like the sheep that wandered off.
Where else “apolōlōs” appears- has been found.’εὑρέθηheurethē
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurethē” appears
The context
31And he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and everything that is mine is yours.
32 · This verse (above)
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)