Lucas 16:9-32 NVIPT

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:16

“The law and the prophets were until John, from that time the Good News of the Kingly Rule of God is preached, and every man enters violently into it (or ‘every man is overpowered by it’).” Their next major failure lay in their having failed to recognise God’s intervention in history. They professed to honour the Law and the Prophets, and that was good in so far as it was true, but they had failed to recognise that with the coming of John the Baptiser, and especially in His own coming, these... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:17

“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.” But all this does not mean that the Instruction of God (the Law) has been superseded, for nothing in that Instruction can fail. Heaven and earth will pass away before that can happen. Every last letter or part of letter is sacrosanct. The tittle (or ‘horn’) was the addition made to some Hebrew letters in order to differentiate them (compare Matthew 5:18 which has ‘not one iota or tittle’). We should... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:18

“Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery, and he who marries one who is put away from a husband commits adultery.” For God’s Instruction says that every man who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery. And that anyone who marries a divorced person commits adultery. This is because, as Genesis 2:23-24 makes clear, when a man and a woman marry they become ‘one flesh’. That is why Jesus elsewhere declares, ‘what God has joined together let not man... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19

‘Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day,’ The story opens with the picture of a man who according to Pharisaic teaching was a man blessed by God. He was wealthy, he dressed in the most sumptuous of clothing, he ate at a well-filled table. He saw himself as ‘almost royalty’. He would have been admired and respected, and have been seen as a good example by all, for nothing bad was known about him. And all thought how fortunate... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19-31

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 Instruction. Jesus will point out that if only the rich man had heeded the Instruction given by Moses and the prophets he would not have ended up in Hades, and it is equally open to his brothers (and by implication the Pharisees) to hear it too. If they do not then the fault lies with them. It... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:20-21

‘And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.’ There was also a beggar. He was probably a semi-invalid for he was ‘laid’ (the root of the verb means ‘thrown’) at the gate of the rich man, with the hope that some pity might be shown to him. He was full of sores (and therefore ritually ‘unclean’), but the only ones who had any association with him... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:22

-23 ‘And the rich man also died, and was buried, and in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.’ The rich man also died, and was buried. What a splendid funeral he had. People probably talked about it for months afterwards. A sumptuous feast, a large funeral procession and a beautiful tomb. And he was respectfully and reverently placed in his tomb. What more could a man ask for in death? But there were no angels waiting for him there.... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary 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.” ’ This anonymous rich man who had needed nothing on earth, now cried out because he had nothing, and was in a state of torment. ‘Father Abraham.’ Like the Pharisees he claimed kinship with Abraham. But it had done him no good. Consequences in the afterlife are not the result of who we are, they result from what we... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:25

‘But Abraham said, “Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in the same way evil things, but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.” ’ ‘Son.’ Abraham recognises his kinship. He is a son of Abraham, but it does him no good (compare Luke 3:8). The Pharisees also laid great stress on being sons of Abraham (John 8:33; John 8:39). The reply of Abraham to the rich man is the reply of Jesus to the taunts of the Pharisees (Luke 16:14). If in your life... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:26

“And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.” The further point, vividly put, is that the moment that this life is over, destinies have been determined. There can be no changes beyond the grave. There is no intermingling of those who enjoy eternal life with those who have gone to eternal death, nor can be. There is no Purgatory. What separates them is... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19-31

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:20-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:26

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