Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Luke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day;
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day;
LUKE 16:19 plou,sioj It was probably _horror vacui_ that prompted more than one copyist to provide a name for the anonymous Rich Man. In Egypt the tradition that his name was Nineveh is incorporated...
Verse 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 _...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN - Many have supposed that our Lord here refers to a “real history,” and gives an account of some man who had lived in this manner; but of this there is no evidence. The pr...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1)_ 2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13) 3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14) 4. Concerning Divorce. ...
PARABLE OF DIVES AND LAZARUS (Lk. only). The story may have originally ended at Luke 16:23 or at Luke 16:25, and been intended simply to illustrate the contrasted lot of poor and rich in this world an...
A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...
There was a rich man who dressed habitually in purple and fine linen, and who feasted in luxury every day. A poor man, called Lazarus, was laid at his gate. He was full of ulcerated sores, and he desi...
THERE WAS, &C. = But there was. This commences the second part of the Lord's address to the Pharisees, against their tradition making void God's word as to the dead, which may be seen in Psalms 6:5; P...
_There was a certain rich man_ He is left nameless, perhaps to imply that _his_name was not "written in heaven" (Luke 10:20). Legend gives him the name _Nimeusis._Dives is simply the Latin for -a rich...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ ΔΈ ΤΙΣ. He is left nameless, perhaps to imply that _his_ name was not “written in heaven” (Luke 10:20). Legend gives him the name _Nimeusis_ or _Nineues_. ‘Dives’ is simply the Latin for ‘a r...
DIVES AND LAZARUS: A PARABLE TO THE COVETOUS, PRECEDED BY REBUKES TO THE PHARISEES...
VER 19. THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN, WHICH WAS CLOTHED IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN, AND FARED SUMPTUOUSLY EVERY DAY: 20. AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN BEGGAR NAMED LAZARUS, WHICH WAS LAID AT HIS GATE, FULL OF...
_THE RICH MAN'S CONDITION -- LUKE 16:19-27:_ The Bible account of the rich man and Lazarus is both serious and sobering. In thirteen brief verses Luke shows God's "wrath to come" against those who kno...
ΔΈ (G1161) и, теперь. О взаимосвязи идей в этой главе _см._ LNT, 78-99. ΈΝΕΔΙΔΎΣΚΈΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΝΔΙΔΎΣΚΟΜΑΙ (G1737) одевать кого-л. во что-л., одеваться, с _асс._ Обыденный _impf._,...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN,— The reasoning made use of by our Lord in the preceding verses was clear and unanswerable; but the Pharisees, stupified with the intoxication of sensual pleasures, were d...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Be Sharing (Luke 16:19-31) 19 There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named...
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN, [ Anthroopos (G444) de (G1161) tis (G5100)]. The connecting...
THE UNJUST STEWARD. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 1-13. Parable of the Unjust Steward (peculiar to Lk). The details of this somewhat difficult parable are probably not significant. It is intended to illust...
RICH MAN] conveniently called 'Dives' (Lat.). He represents all those who in the enjoyment of wealth forget God and the world to come, and neglect all acts of charity and love. PURPLE] i.e. a rich mat...
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS: peculiar to Lk, and full of that sympathy with the poor which characterises his Gospel. It does not, however, as Strauss maintains, assert that the mere possession of wealth...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 THE *PARABLE OF THE UNJUST MANAGER 16:1-8 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘A rich man had a servant who managed his property. The rich man heard...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN... — Here, also, there is a certain appearance of abruptness. But the sneer of Luke 16:14 explains the sequence of thought. On the one side, among those who listened to ou...
ἄνθρωπος δὲ, etc.: either there was a certain rich man, or a certain man was rich, or there was a certain man _rich_, this the first fact about him. καὶ introduces the second, instead of ὃς, after the...
_Parable of the rich man and Lazarus_. This story is hardly a parable in the sense of illustrating by an incident from natural life a truth in the spiritual sphere. Both story and moral belong to the...
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE Luke 16:14-31 Here was a flagrant case of heartless indifference, amid luxuries of every kind, to the daily spectacle of abject need. Most of us have at least one Lazarus at t...
The Master had a lesson to teach His disciples on the subject of earthly wealth, and He made use of this unjust steward for purposes of illustration only. The element in the action of the steward whic...
(6) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in (h) purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (6) The end of the poverty and misery of the godly will be everlasting joy, as the e...
There was a certain rich man, &c. By this history of the rich man and Lazarus, he declares that those who are placed in affluent circumstances, draw upon themselves a sentence of condemnation, if seei...
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS Luke 16:19-31. _“And there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.”_ A. This was a rich Jew, living like a king at...
This piece contains: 1 _st._ The parable of the unjust steward, with accompanying reflections (Luke 16:1-13); 2 _d._ Reflections forming an introduction to the parable of the wicked rich man, and the...
2 _d. Luke 16:14-31_. _The Wicked Rich Man._ The introduction (Luke 16:14-18) is composed of a series of sayings which at first sight appear to have no connection with one another. Holtzmann thinks th...
The terrestrial scene, Luke 16:19-22. It embraces four portraitures which, taken two and two, form counterparts of one another: the life of the rich man, Luke 16:19, and that of the poor man, Luke 16:...
_The Parable of the Wicked Rich Man._ It is composed of two principal scenes, which correspond so exactly with one another, that in their correspondence we must seek the very idea of the parable; the...
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (20) And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of s...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_LIVING AND DYING_ ‘There was a certain rich man.… And there was a certain beggar.’ Luke 16:19 This is a solemn parable. It gives us a peep into the unseen world. It tells of a poor man who went to...
Though Luke introduces some things between them, there can be no doubt that this example was intended by Christ to confirm the discourse which we have last examined. He points out what condition await...
In chapter 16, the effect of grace on conduct is presented, and the contrast that exists (the dispensation being changed) between the conduct that Christianity requires with regard to the things of th...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN,.... In Beza's most ancient copy, and in another manuscript of his it is read by way of preface, "he said also another parable": which shows, that this is not a history of...
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: Ver. 19. _There was a certain rich man_] Not once named, as Lazarus was, though never so lit...
_There was a certain rich man_, &c. Our Lord, in the last paragraph, having exposed those parts of the character of the Pharisees which were most odious in the sight of God, and the roots from whence...
To illustrate the folly, guilt, and ruin of being dishonest towards God and employing what he gives only in self-indulgence, our Saviour gave this account of the rich man and Lazarus....
CLOTHED IN PURPLE; an indication of great wealth. FARED SUMPTUOUSLY; lived in a luxurious and costly manner. A man's condition in this world is no certain criterion of his character. A wicked man may...
A PARABLE AS TO THE USE OF THE MASTER'S GOODS (vs.1-13) Now the Lord turned to address His disciples. For though it is pure grace that saves and finds deep delight in the repentance of a sinner, yet...
19-31 Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or...
Ver. 19-22. It is a question of no great concern for us to be resolved about, whether this be a history, or narrative of matter of fact, or a parable. Those that contend on either side have probable a...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II [in their separate state] as the body had to which they were adapted, and that they remember the deeds which they did in this state of existence, and from which they...
Luke 16:19 G1161 was G2258 (G5713) certain G5100 rich G4145 man G444 was G2532 clothed G1737 ...
‘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 b...
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 Instru...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
The response of the Pharisees (Luke 16:14) called forth another parable, in which another phase, of the same great truth is brought out, namely, that _neglect_ of the proper application of wealth beco...
Luke 16:19. A CERTAIN RICH MAN. His name is not given, but he is often called _Dives,_ which is the Latin word for ‘rich man.' Tradition gives him a name (_Nineue),_ but there is no proof that an actu...
Luke 16:19-31. THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. After rebuking the Pharisees, our Lord enforces the teaching which they derided by means of this parable. The two characters simply represent th...
HE WAS CLOTHED (ενεδιδυσκετο). Imperfect middle of ενδιδυσκω, a late intensive form of ενδυω. He clothed himself in or with. It was his habit.PURPLE (πορφυραν). This purple dye was obtained from t...
THERE Verses (Luke 16:19) are not said to be a parable. Rich men and beggars are common; there is no reason why Jesus may not have had in mind a particular case. In no parable is an individual named....
Luke 16:19 I. It is very important to observe that, in this parable, we have not before us the entire character either of the rich man or Lazarus. The luxurious self-indulgent habit of living is the a...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust steward. Jesus answers Pharisees. Rich man and Lazarus in the spirit world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, John the Baptist, rich man, Lazarus, Abraham, five broth...
Luke 16:1. _A certain rich man had a steward accused that he had wasted his goods._ After the parable of the prodigal son, we have a second, of a prodigal steward, who had wasted his lord's property....
THERE WAS ONCE A RICH MAN. Jesus tells this to illustrate the result of a wrong attitude and misuse of worldly wealth. The parable of the Shrewd Manager showed how worldly wealth is to be used; this p...
_There was a certain rich man_ DIVES AND LAZARUS I. THE ALLOTMENTS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE ON EARTH ARE NOT ALWAYS EVENLY BASED UPON A REGISTER OF HUMAN DESERT. 1. The rich man is not offered as a lum...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 16:19 CLOTHED IN PURPLE. Dressed in luxurious clothes. ⇐ ⇔
_There was a certain rich man._ You ask, Is this a parable or a true history? I answer, A history! 1. Because Christ does not call it a parable. 2. Because the poor man is named Lazarus, and the ric...
CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _And He said also unto His disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods._ Having rebuked in three par...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 16:14. In this section, the connection of which with the preceding and following parables is not at first sight apparent, we have evidently the heads of a discourse addressed to...
EXPOSITION LUKE 16:1 The _Lord_'_s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two parables of the unjust steward, and Dives and...
Jesus speaks on two unpleasant subjects, to a lot of people. Not unpleasant to me, but to a lot of people. Talks about hell. That's not unpleasant to me, not worried about it at all. Now Jesus is at a...
Amos 6:4; Esther 8:15; Ezekiel 16:13; Ezekiel 16:49; Ezekiel 27:7;...
Was clothed. Imperfect, and frequentative; denoting his habitual attire. Purple (porfuran). Originally the purple fish from which the color was obtained, and thence applied to the color itself. Sever...
There was a certain rich man — Very probably a Pharisee, and one that justified himself before men; a very honest, as well as honourable gentleman: though it was not proper to mention his name on this...
Our Saviour in his parabolical history of Dives and Lazarus, instructs us concerning the right use of riches, which is to capacitate us to do good to others; declaring that in the life to come, the pi...