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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:27

Then he said, I pray thee therefore father ,.... The Cambridge, copy of Beza's, and the Ethiopic version read, "father Abraham"; finding he could have no redress of his misery, nor any relief for himself, he applies for others: that thou wouldst send him to my father's house ; the house of Israel and Jacob, the surviving Jews: and this agrees also with a notion of theirs, that the dead seek for mercy for them F12 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 16. 1. . The Persic and Ethiopic versions read,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:28

For I have five brethren ,.... Meaning his brethren and countrymen, according to the flesh; who when he was alive, stood in such a relation to him; said to be "five", in allusion it may be to the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, חמשים , "by fives", or five in a rank, Exodus 13:18 as a learned man F13 Teelmannus. conjectures, to whom I am beholden for several hints, in the explanation of this parable; and certain it is, that these five brethren were Jews, since they had the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:29

Abraham said unto him ..... In reply to this his request: they have Moses and the prophets ; that is, their writings; which shows this man, and his five brethren, to be Jews; for to them were the oracles of God committed; and these had the writings of Moses and the prophets read to them every sabbath day; and is true, whether the contemporaries and immediate successors of the Pharisees are meant, or the ten tribes: and also shows, that one view of the parable, is to establish the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:30

And he said, nay, father Abraham ,.... He contradicts his father Abraham, or at least desires it might not be so; this way he suggests, was not so right, and would not succeed; for he knew his brethren were a rebellious, and stiffnecked people, and would not hear Moses and the prophets, notwithstanding all their outward boast of them, and pretensions of regard to them: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent ; but alas! repentance is not of man's will, but a gift of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:31

And he said unto him ..... That is, Abraham said unto him, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it: if they hear not Moses and the prophets ; as they did not, nor regarded what they said of Christ, but disbelieved both him and them: neither will they be persuaded : or brought to repent and believe; though one rose from the dead ; as Christ did; whose resurrection, the truth of it they endeavoured to baffle, stifle, and suppress: this was the sign Christ gave them,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19

There was a certain rich man - In the Scholia of some MSS. the name of this person is said to be Ninive. This account of the rich man and Lazarus is either a parable or a real history. If it be a parable, it is what may be: if it be a history, it is that which has been. Either a man may live as is here described, and go to perdition when he dies; or, some have lived in this way, and are now suffering the torments of an eternal fire. The account is equally instructive in whichsoever of these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:20

There was a certain beggar named Lazarus - His name is mentioned, because his character was good, and his end glorious; and because it is the purpose of God that the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. Lazarus, לעזר is a contraction of the word אלעזר Eliezar , which signifies the help or assistance of God - a name properly given to a man who was both poor and afflicted, and had no help but that which came from heaven. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:21

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs - And it is likely this desire was complied with, for it is not intimated that he spurned away the poor man from the gate, or that his suit was rejected. And as we find, Luke 16:24 , that the rich man desired that Lazarus should be sent with a little water to him, it is a strong intimation that he considered him under some kind of obligation to him; for, had he refused him a few crumbs in his lifetime, it is not reasonable to suppose that he would now... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:22

The rich man also died, and was buried - There is no mention of this latter circumstance in the case of Lazarus; he was buried, no doubt - necessity required this; but he had the burial of a pauper, while the pomp and pride of the other followed him to the tomb. But what a difference in these burials, if we take in the reading of my old MS. Bible, which is supported by several versions: forsothe the riche man is deed: and is buried in helle . And this is also the reading of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:29

They have Moses and the prophets - This plainly supposes they were all Jewish believers: they had these writings in their hands, but they did not permit them to influence their lives. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:29

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