gelao denotes laughing, whether anticipated after present weeping or practiced now before later mourning.

The two verses use the term for laughing within contrasting future and present conditions: anticipated laughter after weeping in Luke 6:21 and present laughter set against later mourning in Luke 6:25.

1. Laughing in contrasting present and future conditions · dominant

   In Luke 6:21, the future active indicative form occurs after those who weep now and before the clause the APB renders “for you will laugh.” In Luke 6:25, the present active nominative masculine plural participle identifies those whom the APB renders “who laugh now,” followed by mourning and weeping.

   Luke 6:21Luke 6:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “you will laugh” in Luke 6:21 and “who laugh now” in Luke 6:25. These phrases reflect the verse-level contrast.