Luke 16:23 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

KJV

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book IV (220)

Our answer to this is, that the Scripture itself which dazzles his sight expressly distinguishes between Abraham's bosom, where the poor man dwells, and the infernal place of torment. "Hell" (I take it) means one thing, and "Abraham's bosom" another. "A great gulf" is said to separate those regions, and to hinder a passage from one to the other. Besides, the rich man could not have "lifted up his eyes," and from a distance too, except to a superior height, and from the said distance all up through the vast immensity of height and depth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Yet this is not all; he was hard-hearted to God's poor, and therefore he is not only cut off from mercy, but he has judgment without mercy, and falls under a punishment of sense as well as a punishment of loss.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In hell - The word here translated hell (“Hades”) means literally a dark, obscure place; the place where departed spirits go, but especially the place where “wicked” spirits go. See the Job 10:21-22 notes; Isa 14:9 note. The following circumstances are related of it in this parable: 1. It is “far off” from the abodes of the righteous. Lazarus was seen “afar off.” 2. It is a place of torment. 3. There is a great gulf fixed between that and heaven, Luk 16:26. 4. The suffering is great. It is represented by “torment” in a flame, Luk 16:24.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1858)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
ᾅδῃ	hadē	Hades	G86 →
ἐπάρας	eparas	having lifted up	G1869 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	eyes	G3788 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of him,	G846 →
ὑπάρχων	huparchōn	being	G5225 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
βασάνοις	basanois	torment	G931 →
ὁρᾷ	hora	he sees	G3708 →
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Abraham	G11 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
μακρόθεν	makrothen	afar	G3113 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Λάζαρον	Lazaron	Lazarus	G2976 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
κόλποις	kolpois	bosom	G2859 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
leads to
- Jude 1:6
  And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Matthew 25:41
  Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Romans 8:32
  He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Revelation 20:1–3
  Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
- Revelation 12:7–9
  Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
Through
Matthew 23:33
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
leads to
- Matthew 5:22
  But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 3:7
  But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Matthew 12:34
  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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