Luke 16:19

There was a certain rich man He is left nameless, perhaps to imply that hisname was not "written in heaven" (Luke 10:20). Legend gives him the name Nimeusis.Dives is simply the Latin for -a rich man." Our Lord in the parable continues the subject of his discourse against the Pharisees, by shewing that wealth and respectability are very differently estimated on earth and in the world beyond. The parable illustrates each step of the previous discourse: Dives regards all he has as his very own; uses it selfishly, which even Moses and the Prophets might have taught him not to do; and however lofty in his own eyes is an abomination before God.

in purple and fine linen The two words express extreme luxury. Robes dyed in the blood of the murex purpurariuswere very costly and were only worn by the greatest men

"Over his lucent arms

A military vest of purple flowed

Livelier than Melibaean or the grain

Of Sarra (Tyre) worn by kings and heroes old

In time of truce."

Byssusis the fine linen of Egypt (Genesis 41:42; Esther 8:15; Proverbs 31:22; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 18:12), a robe of which was worth twice its own weight in gold.

and fared sumptuously every day Literally, "making merry(Luke 12:19) every day, splendidly." Luther, lebte herrlich und in Freuden.It indicates a life of banquets. The description generally might well apply to Herod Antipas, vii. 25; Mark 6:14; Mark 6:21.