Ephesians 5:14
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
ἐγείρω
do awake
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ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
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νεκρός
dead,
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νεκρός
Dead, lifeless, without power. Nekros. God who gives life to the dead. If God can raise the dead there is nothing in your situation that is beyond His power to restore.
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λέγω
it says:
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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καθεύδω
sleeping
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καθεύδω
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
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διό
14] Therefore
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διό
through which thing, i.e. consequently
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ἐπιφαύω
will shine upon
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ἐπιφαύω
to illuminate (figuratively)
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