Luke Chapter 15 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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BBE Luke 15:24

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.
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DARBY Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
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KJV Luke 15:24

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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WEB Luke 15:24

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
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YLT Luke 15:24

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) This my son was dead.--The words, looked at merely as part of the story, have a wonderful pathos. Absence, alienation, the self-chosen shame, this had made the father think of the son as "dead." Death would indeed have been far easier to bear. Spiritually, we are taught that repentance is nothing less than the passing from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, from the "graves of lust" (Numbers 11:34) to the power of the resurrection. The "lost" and "found" appear as furnishing the link that connects this with the preceding parables, and makes the trilogy, as it were, complete.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekForὅτι (hoti)ConjunctionStrong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.thisοὗτος (houtos)Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 3778: This; he, she, it. sonυἱός (huios)Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.of mineμου (mou)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person SingularStrong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.wasἦν (ēn)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.deadνεκρὸς (nekros)Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. is alive again!ἀνέζησεν (anezēsen)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 326: To come to life again, revive, regain life. To recover life.He wasἦν (ēn)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.lostἀπολωλὼς (apolōlōs)Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. is found!’εὑρέθη (heurethē)Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.Soκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they beganἤρξαντο (ērxanto)Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 756: To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.to celebrate.εὐφραίνεσθαι (euphrainesthai)Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or PassiveStrong's 2165: From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice.Jump to PreviousAlive Celebrate Dead Found Full Joy Lost Merry