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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:26

And besides all this ,.... The different circumstances of each, both past and present, which should be observed and considered: between us and you there is a great gulf fixed ; as this may regard the state of the Pharisees after death, it intends not the natural distance between heaven and hell; though there may be an allusion to the notions of the Jews concerning that, who on those words in Ecclesiastes 7:14 . "God hath set the one over against the other", say F6 Midrash Kohelet,... read more

John Gill

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 16:1

A steward - Οικονομος , from οικος , a house, or οικια , a family, and νεμω , I administer; one who superintends domestic concerns, and ministers to the support of the family, having the products of the field, business, etc., put into his hands for this very purpose. See on Luke 8:3 ; (note). There is a parable very like this in Rab. Dav. Kimchi's comment on Isaiah, Isaiah 40:21 ; : "The whole world may be considered as a house builded up: heaven is its roof; the stars its... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:2

Give an account of thy, etc. - Produce thy books of receipts and disbursements, that I may see whether the accusation against thee be true or false. The original may be translated, Give up the business, τον λογον , of the stewardship. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:3

I cannot dig - He could not submit to become a common day-laborer, which was both a severe and base employment: To beg I am ashamed. And as these were the only honest ways left him to procure a morsel of bread, and he would not submit to either, he found he must continue the system of knavery, in order to provide for his idleness and luxury, or else starve. Wo to the man who gets his bread in this way! The curse of the Lord must be on his head, and on his heart; in his basket, and is his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:4

They may receive me - That is, the debtors and tenants, who paid their debts and rents, not in money, but in kind; such as wheat, oil, and other produce of their lands. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:26

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 16:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:4

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