Luke 16:30
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.”
πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
μετανοέω
they will repent.
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μετανοέω
Meta — after. Noeo — to think. To think again after. Repentance is not self-punishment. It is a change of mind so complete that your direction changes. You were walking one way. Now you walk another. That is metanoia.
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νεκρός
the] 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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ἐάν
if
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ἐάν
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
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πορεύομαι
shall go
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πορεύομαι
to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);
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ἔπω
he said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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τὶς
one
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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οὐχί
No,
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οὐχί
not indeed
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