Lucas 15

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
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.
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A expressão 'estava morto e reviveu' remete à visão judaica de excomunhão espiritual. A celebração antecipa o tema da ressurreição de Cristo.