Luke 16:19

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 actual person was referred to.

In purple. The costly material for upper garments, brought from Tyre.

Fine linen. For under garments, from Egypt; some such was said to be worth twice its weight in gold.

Faring sumptuously every day. He was not a glutton, nor recklessly extravagant, but he lived well, as a rich man could afford to do. There is no reason for supposing that he was a Sadducee; doubtless the rich among the Pharisees also lived according to their means and position. Nor is the man represented as specially a sinner. He was a ‘son of this world' living to himself, without trying to make friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness. The parable teaches that such a one is punished after death