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FATHER ABRAHAM - The Jews considered it a signal honor that Abraham
was their “father” - that is, that they were “descendants”
from him. Though this man was now in misery, yet he seems not to have
aba...
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1)_
2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13)
3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14)
4. Concerning Divorce. ...
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PARABLE OF DIVES AND LAZARUS (Lk. only). The story may have originally
ended at Luke 16:23 or at Luke 16:25, and been intended simply to
illustrate the contrasted lot of poor and rich in this world an...
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There was a rich man who dressed habitually in purple and fine linen,
and who feasted in luxury every day. A poor man, called Lazarus, was
laid at his gate. He was full of ulcerated sores, and he desi...
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A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...
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HE CRIED AND SAID. crying out, he said. The Pharisees gave long
stories of similar imaginary conversations and discourses. See
Lightfoot, vol. xi, pp. 165-7. Father Abraham. Compare Matthew 3:9;
John...
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Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of
Tolerance._
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called
the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
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_I am tormented_ Rather, I AM SUFFERING PAIN. The verb is not
_basanizomai_but _odundmai_, as in Luke 2:48, where it is rendered
-sorrowing."
_in this flame_ Perhaps meant to indicate the agony of re...
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ὝΔΑΤΟΣ. The partitive genitive—‘in _some_ water.’ But he
who refused the crumbs is denied the drops.
ὈΔΥΝΩ͂ΜΑΙ. ‘I am suffering pain.’ The verb is not
βασανίζομαι. See Luke 2:48, where ὀδυνῶμαι is
re...
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DIVES AND LAZARUS: A PARABLE TO THE COVETOUS, PRECEDED BY REBUKES TO
THE PHARISEES...
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CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the
departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey
(probably to the Feast of the...
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Ver 22. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by
the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried; 23. And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, a...
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_THE RICH MAN'S CONDITION -- LUKE 16:19-27:_ The Bible account of the
rich man and Lazarus is both serious and sobering. In thirteen brief
verses Luke shows God's "wrath to come" against those who kno...
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ΦΩΝΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΦΩΝΈΩ
(G5455) звать, выкликать,
ΕΛΈΗΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΛΕΈΩ (G1653)
сострадать, проявлять милость; видеть,
что ктол. сильно нуждается;
сочувствовать и...
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DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER, &C.— The Hebrews drank their wine mixed
with water; and large quantities of water, on one occasion or other,
were used at their feasts. See John 2:6. There seems therefore,...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Be Sharing (Luke 16:19-31)
19 There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and
who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man
named...
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And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
AND HE CRIED AND SA...
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FATHER ABRAHAM] He spoke as a Jew, thinking that Abraham had power
over the fires of Hades, and would help his own descendants. The
rabbis said, 'The fire of Gehenna has no power over the sinners of
I...
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THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS: peculiar to Lk, and full of that sympathy
with the poor which characterises his Gospel. It does not, however, as
Strauss maintains, assert that the mere possession of wealth...
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THE UNJUST STEWARD. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
1-13. Parable of the Unjust Steward (peculiar to Lk). The details of
this somewhat difficult parable are probably not significant. It is
intended to illust...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 16
THE *PARABLE OF THE UNJUST MANAGER 16:1-8
V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘A rich man had a servant who
managed his property. The rich man heard...
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SEND LAZARUS, THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER... — The words,
in their relation to the effect of the punishment on the rich man’s
character, offer two tenable explanations. On the one hand, they...
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Πάτερ Ἀ.: the rich man, like Lazarus, is a Jew, and probably,
as a son of Abraham, very much surprised that he should find himself
in such a place (Matthew 3:8-9), and still hoping that the patriarch...
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_In the other world_. ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ : from the O.T. point of
view Hades means simply the state of the dead. Thus both the dead men
would be in Hades. But here Hades seems = hell, the place of torment,
and...
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_Parable of the rich man and Lazarus_. This story is hardly a parable
in the sense of illustrating by an incident from natural life a truth
in the spiritual sphere. Both story and moral belong to the...
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A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Luke 16:14-31
Here was a flagrant case of heartless indifference, amid luxuries of
every kind, to the daily spectacle of abject need. Most of us have at
least one Lazarus at t...
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The Master had a lesson to teach His disciples on the subject of
earthly wealth, and He made use of this unjust steward for purposes of
illustration only. The element in the action of the steward whic...
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THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
Luke 16:19-31. _“And there was a certain rich man, and he was
clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.”_
A. This was a rich Jew, living like a king at...
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_The Parable of the Wicked Rich Man._
It is composed of two principal scenes, which correspond so exactly
with one another, that in their correspondence we must seek the very
idea of the parable; the...
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This piece contains: 1 _st._ The parable of the unjust steward, with
accompanying reflections (Luke 16:1-13); 2 _d._ Reflections forming an
introduction to the parable of the wicked rich man, and the...
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2 _d. Luke 16:14-31_. _The Wicked Rich Man._
The introduction (Luke 16:14-18) is composed of a series of sayings
which at first sight appear to have no connection with one another.
Holtzmann thinks th...
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After the short sleep of death, what an awakening! The idea of
suffering does not lie in the words ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ, which our
versions render by: _in hell. Scheol_ (Heb.), _Hades_ (Gr.), the
_Inferi_ or _in...
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The scene from beyond the tomb, Luke 16:23-31, offers a contrast
exactly corresponding to the terrestrial scene. We do not attempt to
distinguish in the representation what should be taken in a figura...
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(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and
fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (20) And there was a
certain beggar, named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of
s...
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The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but
the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was
working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men,
c...
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In chapter 16, the effect of grace on conduct is presented, and the
contrast that exists (the dispensation being changed) between the
conduct that Christianity requires with regard to the things of th...
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AND HE CRIED AND SAID, FATHER ABRAHAM,.... The Jews used to call
Abraham their father, and were proud of their descent from him,
Matthew 3:9 and so persons are after death represented by them, as
spea...
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_He cried, Father Abraham, have mercy on me_ Being in an agony of
pain, by reason of the flames, and the anguish felt in his conscience,
he cried to Abraham to take pity on him, his son, and send Laza...
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FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME; this shows that he was a Jew, or one
of Abraham's descendants. This is the only instance mentioned in
Scripture of any one praying to a departed spirit, and he gained...
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To illustrate the folly, guilt, and ruin of being dishonest towards
God and employing what he gives only in self-indulgence, our Saviour
gave this account of the rich man and Lazarus....
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Another contrast:...
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AND HE CRIED AND SAID, FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND SEND
LAZARUS THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER AND COOL MY
TONGUE; FOR I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME....
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A PARABLE AS TO THE USE OF THE MASTER'S GOODS
(vs.1-13)
Now the Lord turned to address His disciples. For though it is pure
grace that saves and finds deep delight in the repentance of a sinner,
yet...
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19-31 Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of
the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other.
We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 16:19...
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Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
No sleep will give them rest; no night will soothe them; no death will
deliver them from punishment; no voice of interceding friends will
profit them.[2...
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Luke 16:24 Then G2532 he G846 cried G5455 (G5660) said G2036 (G5627)
Father G3962 Abraham G11 mercy...
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‘And he cried and said, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool
my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.” '
This anonymous r...
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THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS (16:19-31).
This story deals with two aspects of what has gone before, the danger
of possessing riches and not using them rightly, and the danger of
ignoring God's true Instru...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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The response of the Pharisees (Luke 16:14) called forth another
parable, in which another phase, of the same great truth is brought
out, namely, that _neglect_ of the proper application of wealth
beco...
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Luke 16:19-31. THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. After rebuking
the Pharisees, our Lord enforces the teaching which they derided by
means of this parable. The two characters simply represent th...
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Luke 16:24. FATHER ABRAHAM. Even there the man does not forget that he
is a Jew.
SEND LAZARUS. It is possible, but not probable, that, he still
fancies he has some right to the services of one who w...
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THAT HE MAY DIP
(ινα βαψη). First aorist active subjunctive of βαπτω,
common verb, to dip.IN WATER
(υδατος). Genitive, the specifying case, water and not something
else.COOL
(καταψυξη). First a...
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Luke 16:23
Prayer to Saints, and Purgatory. These are two points of doctrine,
upon which I think that we may regard this parable as throwing light,
without straining its words to purposes for which t...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust steward. Jesus answers Pharisees. Rich
man and Lazarus in the spirit world.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, John the Baptist, rich man,
Lazarus, Abraham, five broth...
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Luke 16:1. _A certain rich man had a steward accused that he had
wasted his goods._ After the parable of the prodigal son, we have a
second, of a prodigal steward, who had wasted his lord's property....
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TAKE PITY ON ME. Note that the rich man was very conscious of his
surroundings, and that he could both see and recognize Abraham. [The
Jews had a saying: "Abraham sits at the entrance to Hades and wil...
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_There was a certain rich man_
DIVES AND LAZARUS
I. THE ALLOTMENTS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE ON EARTH ARE NOT ALWAYS EVENLY
BASED UPON A REGISTER OF HUMAN DESERT.
1. The rich man is not offered as a lum...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 16:24 SEND LAZARUS. The rich man knows Lazarus’s
name and thus knew of his difficulties, though in life he had ignored
him. One should probably not draw too much doctrinal significan...
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_And he cried_ "cried" because his great punishment evoked a great
cry. S. Chrysostom.
_And said, Father Abraham._ He calls Abraham father, because he was a
Jew, and therefore a descendant of Abraham...
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CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _And He said also unto His disciples, There was a
certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto
him that he had wasted his goods._ Having rebuked in three par...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 16:14. In this section, the connection of which with the
preceding and following parables is not at first sight apparent, we
have evidently the heads of a discourse addressed to...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 16:1
The _Lord_'_s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with
regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two
parables of the unjust steward, and Dives and...
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Jesus speaks on two unpleasant subjects, to a lot of people. Not
unpleasant to me, but to a lot of people. Talks about hell. That's not
unpleasant to me, not worried about it at all.
Now Jesus is at a...
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1 Samuel 28:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 41:17;...
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Cool [κ α τ α ψ υ χ ε ι ν]. Only here in New Testament.
Common in medical language. See on ch. Luke 21:26. Compare the
exquisite passage in Dante, where Messer Adamo, the false coiner,
horribly mutila...
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Father Abraham, have mercy on me — It cannot be denied, but here is
one precedent in Scripture of praying to departed saints: but who is
it that prays, and with what success? Will any, who considers t...
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Observe here, 1. The place where the rich man suffers, it is in hell:
the souls of wicked men, when they leave their bodies, do certainly go
into. place of torment, which is not only beyond expression...