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.
Luke 15:24 in other translations
| BSB | For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate. |
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| WEB | for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate. |
| ASV | for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. |
| YLT | because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry. |
| DARBY | for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. |
What does Luke 15:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Barnes' Notes
1st. I supposed that he was dead, but I know now that he is alive.
2nd. He was dead to virtue--he was sunk in pleasure and vice. The word is not unfrequently thus used. See 1Timm 5:6, Mt 8:22, Rom 6:13. Hence to be restored to virtue is said to be restored to life, Rom 6:13, Rev 3:1, Eph 2:1. It is probable that this latter is the meaning here. See Lk 15:31.
Was lost. Had wandered away from home, and we knew not where he was.
(p) "For" Lk 15:32 (q) "was dead" Eph 2:1, 5:14, Rev 3:1 (r) "is alive again" Rom 6:11,13 (s) "was lost" Eze 34:4,16, Lk 19:10
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 15:17-24
Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins by his coming to himself. That is a turning point in the sinner's conversion. The Lord opens his eyes, and convinces him of sin; then he views himself and every object, in a different light from what he did before. Thus the convinced sinner perceives that the meanest servant of God is happier than he…
Luke 15:24 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 15:24
- Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
- Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
- Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
- Luke 15:4
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
- Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- Romans 6:11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Luke 15:32
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
- Luke 15:7-9
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
- Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
- John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
32; Mr 8:22; Joh 5:21,24,25; 11:25; Ro 6:11,13; 8:2; 2Co 5:14,15
Eph 2:1,5; 5:14; Col 2:13; 1Ti 5:6; Jude 1:12; Re 3:1
he.
4,8; 19:10; Ge 45:28; Jer 31:15-17; Eze 34:4,16; Mt 18:11-13
they.
7,9; 10:19; Isa 35:10; 66:11; Jer 31:12-14; Ro 12:15; 1Co 12:26
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Context
- Luke 15:23
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
- 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.
- Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Luke 15:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque este mi hijo muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado. Y comenzaron á regocijarse. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car mon fils que voici était mort, et il est revenu à la vie; il était perdu, et il est retrouvé. Et ils se mirent à faire bonne chère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn dieser mein Sohn war tot und ist wieder lebendig geworden, war verloren und ist gefunden worden. Und sie fingen an fröhlich zu sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia hic filius meus mortuus erat, et revixit: perierat, et inventus est. Et cœperunt epulari. |