neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead

"We are saved by faithful hearing, not by apparitions," Bengel. This was most remarkably exemplified in the results which followed the raising of another Lazarus (John 12:10) and the resurrection of our Lord Himself (Matthew 28:11-13). Observe that the reply of Abraham (-be persuaded," -arose, -from among" [ἐκ not ἀπὸ] the dead) is much stronger than the words used by Dives. "A far mightier miracle...would be ineffectual for producing a far slighter effect," Trench.

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