Lucas 16:24-25 NVIPT

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son; remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented . Abraham here simply bids the tortured man to call to his memory the circumstances of the life he had lived on earth, telling him that in these circumstances he would find the reason for his present woeful state. It was no startling record of vice and crime, or even of folly, that the father of the faithful calls attention... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:24

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 abandoned the idea of his relation to the father of the faithful. The Jews supposed that departed spirits might know and converse with each other. See Lightfoot on this place. Our Saviour speaks in conformity with that prevailing opinion; and as it was not easy to convey ideas about the spiritual... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:25

Son - This is a representation designed to correspond with the word “father.” He was a descendant of Abraham a Jew - and Abraham is represented as calling this thing to his remembrance. It would not lessen his sorrows to remember that he was a “son” of Abraham, and that he ought to have lived worthy of that relation to him.Remember - This is a cutting word in this place. One of the chief torments of hell will be the “remembrance” of what was enjoyed and of what was done in this world. Nor will... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 16:24-25

Luke 16:24-25. 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 Lazarus to give him, if it were but the very least degree of relief, by dipping the tip of his finger in water to cool his tongue, for his torment was intolerable. Abraham might have replied, Thou art not my son, I disown thee; what has become of thy purple and fine linen, thy... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 16:19-31

104. The rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)To illustrate the truth he had just been teaching, Jesus told the story of an unnamed rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. The rich man pictured those who lived to please themselves and felt no need of God; the beggar pictured those who were helpless and depended entirely upon God’s mercy. In their existence after death, the beggar sat beside Abraham in the heavenly feast, resting his body, as it were, against Abraham, but the rich man was in great... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 16:24

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 8:39 . cool. Greek. katapsucho. Occurs only here. A medical word. tormented distressed. Greek. odunaomai. Occurs only in Luke (here, Luke 2:48 , and Acts 20:38 , "sorrowing"). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 16:25

Son = Child. Greek. teknon. App-108 . lifetime = life. Greek. zoe, as being the opposite of death. See App-170 . receivedst = didst receive back, or had all. evil things. See App-128 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 16:24

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.Father Abraham ... Here is found the absolute necessity for seeing this as a parable; for Abraham himself, like all the saints in death, is in the place here called "Abraham's bosom." Abraham is therefore a type of God who presides over both Paradise and the place of the wicked in Hades. This, of course, negates any... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.Son ... A moment earlier, the rich man had addressed Abraham as "Father," and here Abraham did not deny the fact of the rich man's being one of the patriarch's fleshly descendants. This circumstance makes it easy to identify the class of men represented by the rich man. Who but the Pharisees were always proclaiming... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 16:24

Luke 16:24. 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, in this petition, a proper allusion to that custom. It is observable, that the rich man speaks as knowing Lazarus, and as supposing, Luk 16:28 that his brethren also might know him, on his appearing to them.—And shall not Abraham's children, when they are in paradise, know each... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 16:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 16:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 16:24-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 16:19-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 16:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 16:25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 16:24

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 16:25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 16:24

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