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Verse Luke 16:31. _IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES_, c.] This answer of Abraham
contains two remarkable propositions.
1. That the sacred writings contain such proofs of a Divine origin,
that though all the de...
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BE PERSUADED - Be convinced of the truth; of the danger and folly of
their way; of the certainty of their suffering hereafter, and be
induced to turn from sin to holiness, and from Satan unto God.
Fr...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...
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AND, &c. The lesson of the parable. From these final words of the Lord
(Luke 16:31, _B)_ Lightfoot says "it is easy to judge what was the
design and intention of this parable" (vol. xii, p. 168). The...
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_neither will they be persuaded_, _though one rose from the dead_
"We are saved by faithful hearing, not by apparitions," Bengel. This
was most remarkably exemplified in the results which followed the...
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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...
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ΠΕΙΣΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ. “We are saved by faithful hearing, not by
apparitions,” Bengel. This was most remarkably exemplified in the
results which followed the raising of another Lazarus (John 12:10),
and the re...
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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...
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DIVES AND LAZARUS: A PARABLE TO THE COVETOUS, PRECEDED BY REBUKES TO
THE PHARISEES...
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Ver 27. Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would
send him to my father's house: 28. For I have five brethren; that he
may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torm...
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_THE RICH MAN'S CONCERN -- LUKE 16:27-31:_ The rich man begged God to
send Lazarus to his father's house to warn his brothers. "Then he
said, I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my...
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DISCOURSE: 1550
THE HOPELESS STATE OF THOSE WHO DISREGARD THE SCRIPTURES
Luke 16:29. _Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets:
let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: b...
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BUT IF ONE WENT UNTO THEM, &C.— It is uncertain whether the rich man
by "one from the dead," meant an apparition or a resurrection. His
words are capable of either sense; yet the quality of the person...
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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...
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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS,
NEITHER...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS. — We are accustomed,
rightly enough, to look on our Lord’s own Resurrection as leading to
the great fulfilment of these words. We should not forget, however,
t...
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_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...
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_Dives intercedes for his brethren_....
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εἶπε δὲ : Abraham does not plead impossibility as in reference
to the first request; he simply declares his unbelief in the utility
of the plan for converting the five. The denizens of Paradise set
li...
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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...
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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...
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If they hear not, Moses, &c. We think that if we saw a man raised from
the dead, who should tells us what he had seen and suffered in another
world, it would make more impression upon us than past mir...
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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...
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_The second Conversation._
The rich man acquiesces so far as his own person is concerned. But he
intercedes for his brethren still in life. And again it is Lazarus who
must busy himself on their beha...
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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...
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The scene from beyond the tomb, Luke 16:23-31, offers a contrast
exactly corresponding to the terrestrial scene. We do not attempt to
distinguish in the representation what should be taken in a figura...
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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...
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_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...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! in beholding the character of this unjust steward, let us
learn to seek from God grace, that we may be found faithful. And let
us, in putting the question to our own hearts, which...
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(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...
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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...
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_VAIN HOPES_
‘And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from
the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuade...
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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...
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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 sai...
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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Ver. 31. _Though one rose from the dead_] As Lazarus did, and yet they
li...
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_And he said, Nay, father Abraham_, &c. He answered, that the writings
of Moses and the prophets had proved ineffectual to himself, and he
feared would be so to his brethren; but that they would certa...
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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....
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NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED; persuaded to repent....
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Hearing Moses and the Prophets:...
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AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER
WILL THEY BE PERSUADED THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
A strange change has come upon the former rich man. Formerly he cared
only...
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 16:30...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
And again, the Lord Himself exhibits Abraham as having said to the
rich man, with reference to all those who were still alive: "If they
do not obey Moses and the pro...
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‘And he said to him, “If they do not hear Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.” '
So Jesus tells him that if they will not listen to the word of God
throu...
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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...
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Luke 16:31. IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES, etc. The Old Testament Scriptures
were sufficient to lead them to repentance, and if they were not
rightly affected by them, no appearance from the other world woul...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED
(ουδ' πεισθησοντα). First future passive of πειθω.
Gressmann calls attention to the fact that Jesus is saying this in the
conclusion of the parable. It is a sharp disc...
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Luke 16:31
Let us ask what was the cause which brought on the rich man so
terrible a fate? It was not simply his wealth, and it was something
from which an observance of the precepts of the Jewish rel...
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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...
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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....
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SEND LAZARUS TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE. He first thought of himself. Now he
wants to warn his family. This is brought up to emphasize what
follows. YOUR BROTHERS HAVE MOSES AND THE PROPHETS TO WARN THEM. T...
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_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...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 16:27 Luke will later point out that MOSES AND THE
PROPHETS all testify to Jesus as the true Messiah (Luke 24:27)....
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_And he said unto him_, &c. They will say that Lazarus is a phantom,
sent by the spirits of evil to deceive; whereas the writings of Moses
and the prophets are inspired, are accepted by the Jews at th...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Acts 19:8; Acts 26:28; Acts
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Be persuaded. Dives had said, "they will repent." Abraham replies,
"they will not be even persuaded."
Though one rose. Dives had said, "if one went."
From the dead [ε κ ν ε κ ρ ω ν]. Dives had said f...
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Neither will they be persuaded — Truly to repent: for this implies
an entire change of heart: but a thousand apparitions cannot, effect
this. God only can, applying his word....
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Do miracles prove Jesus’ divine mission?
PROBLEM: Beginning with Moses, miracles were given as a proof of the
divine mission of His servants (cf. Exodus 4:1-17). Nicodemus knew
Jesus was sent from God...
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A very awakening text this is, which speaks dreadfully to persons
sitting all their days under the ministry of the gospel, and yet find
not their understandings enlightened, their judgments convinced,...