Ephesians 1:20

World English Bible (2000)

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἣν ἐνήργησεν ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ, ἐγείρας αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις,

Transliteration

Which he enērgēsen in the Christō, having egeiras him from the nekrōn, and ekathisen in dexia of him in the epouraniois,

Grammar Details

• *Hēn*: relative pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - referring to *energeian*
• *enērgēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - main verb
• *en*: preposition governing dative - location
• *Christō*: dative, masculine, singular - location
• *egeiras*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - circumstantial
• *auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - direct object
• *ek*: preposition governing genitive - separation
• *nekrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - object of preposition
• *kai*: conjunction - connecting
• *ekathisen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - main verb
• *dexia*: dative, feminine, singular - location
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive
• *epouraniois*: dative, neuter, plural - location

Word Meanings

• *enērgēsen*: worked/operated/put into action
• *Christō*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *egeiras*: raised/awakened
• *nekrōn*: dead ones/corpses
• *ekathisen*: seated/set/placed
• *dexia*: right hand/right side
• *epouraniois*: heavenly places/realms

Referenced Verses

• Mark 16:19 : 19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Ps 110:1 : 1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
• Matt 22:43-45 : 43 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?' 45 "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
• Matt 28:18 : 18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
• Acts 2:24-36 : 24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. 26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope; 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. 28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.' 29 "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear. 34 For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand, 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' 36 "Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
• Heb 10:12 : 12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
• Heb 1:3 : 3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
• Ps 16:9-9 : 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety. 10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption. 11 You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. A Prayer by David.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
• 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,
• Rev 5:11-14 : 11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!" 13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and worshiped.
• Acts 4:10 : 10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
• Acts 5:31 : 31 God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• Acts 7:55-56 : 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
• Acts 10:40 : 40 God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,
• Acts 26:8 : 8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
• Rom 1:4 : 4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
• Rom 6:5-9 : 5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; 9 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him! 10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. 11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Rom 8:34 : 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
• Eph 2:5-6 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." 9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
• Phil 3:10 : 10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
• Col 3:1 : 1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
• Mark 14:62 : 62 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
• Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
• John 10:18 : 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
• John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one."
• John 17:1-5 : 1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; 2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. 4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.