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Luke 15 — repeated lost/found/rejoicing language

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LITERARY_OBSERVATIONLIT_LUK_15_LOST_FOUND_JOY_REFRAIN
Statement layerScripture says
ConfidenceTextually Demonstrable
Literary classificationDirectly Observable
Curation stateCurated Human Reviewed

The sheep, coin, and son material is bound together by recurring loss/finding and rejoicing language, with explicit joy statements at the conclusions of the first two units and the father’s explanation in verse 32.

Supporting evidence

Kind: scripture_passage

Id: PASSAGE_LUK_15_1_32

Kind: scholar_source

Id: SRC_LUNN_2009_LUKE15_STRUCTURE

What this does not establish

Repetition alone does not prove every proposed rhetorical structure.
The shared motif does not require assigning a hidden allegorical meaning to every story detail.
Release Introduced
v52
Passage Id
PASSAGE_LUK_15_1_32
Original Language Observations
[
    {
        "reference": "Luke 15:6",
        "greek_excerpt": "συγχάρητέ μοι … εὗρον … τὸ ἀπολωλός",
        "translation_note": "rejoice with me … I found … the lost one"
    },
    {
        "reference": "Luke 15:9",
        "greek_excerpt": "συγχάρητέ μοι … εὗρον τὴν δραχμὴν",
        "translation_note": "rejoice with me … I found the coin"
    },
    {
        "reference": "Luke 15:24",
        "greek_excerpt": "ἦν ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη",
        "translation_note": "was lost and was found"
    },
    {
        "reference": "Luke 15:32",
        "greek_excerpt": "ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη",
        "translation_note": "lost and found"
    }
]
Status
CURATED_PUBLIC