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Butδὲheὁsaid,εἶπεν‘No,ΟὐχίfatherπάτερAbraham;Ἀβραάμbutἀλλ’ifἐάνsomeoneτιςgoesπορευθῇtoπρὸςthemαὐτοὺςfromἀπὸthe dead,νεκρῶνthey will change their minds.’μετανοήσουσιν
Luke 16:30
Study it in the app“But he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will change their minds.’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:30, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘NoΟὐχίOuchi
not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “Ouchi” appears- fatherπάτερpater
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pater” appears- AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appears- goesπορευθῇporeuthēi
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuthēi” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- they will change their minds.’μετανοήσουσινmetanoēsousin
change one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metanoēsousin” appears
The context
29But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 · This verse (above)
31But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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?