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Nowδέthere wasἦνa certainτιςrichπλούσιοςman,Ἄνθρωποςandκαὶhe used to dressἐνεδιδύσκετοin purpleπορφύρανandκαὶfine linen,βύσσονcelebratingεὐφραινόμενοςsplendidlyλαμπρῶςeveryκαθ’day.ἡμέραν
Luke 16:19
Study it in the app“Now there was a certain rich man, and he used to dress in purple and fine linen, celebrating splendidly every day.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:19, word by word
- there wasἦνēn
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ēn” appears- richπλούσιοςplousios
rich
Someone with many possessions.
Where else “plousios” appears- manἌνθρωποςAnthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “Anthrōpos” appears- he used to dressἐνεδιδύσκετοenedidysketo
clothe
Dress, put on clothing.
Where else “enedidysketo” appears- in purpleπορφύρανporphyran
purple, purple robe
Purple; a purple robe.
Where else “porphyran” appears- fine linenβύσσονbysson
fine linen
Fine linen.
Where else “bysson” appears- celebratingεὐφραινόμενοςeuphrainomenos
celebrate
To feast and rejoice together.
Where else “euphrainomenos” appears- splendidlyλαμπρῶςlamprōs
splendidly
Splendidly, in luxury.
Where else “lamprōs” appears- dayἡμέρανhēmeran
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeran” appears
The context
18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 · This verse (above)
20And a certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gate, covered with sores,
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?