Luke 16:27

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Then	δέ· de	G1161	but · conjunction
he said	Εἶπεν Eipen	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
I pray	ἐρωτῶ erōtō	G2065	to interrogate · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
thee	σέ sé	G4571	thee
therefore	οὖν, oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
father	πάτερ, pater	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — vocative singular masculine
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
thou wouldest send	πέμψῃς pempsēs	G3992	to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of depar… · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
to	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
father’s	πατρός patros	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine
house	οἶκον oikon	G3624	a dwelling (more or less extensive · noun — accusative singular masculine

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:19–end

As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, which is encouraging to us all, so this sets before us the wrath to come, and is designed for our awakening; and very fast asleep those are in sin that will not be awakened by it. The Pharisees made a jest of Christ's sermon against worldliness; now this parable was intended to make those mockers serious. The tendency of the gospel of Christ is both to reconcile us to poverty and affliction and to arm us against temptations to worldliness and sensuality. Now this parable, by drawing the curtain, and letting us see what will be the end of both in the other world, goes very far in prosecuting those two great intentions.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:27

Then he said--now abandoning all hope for himself. send him to my father's house, &c.--no waking up of good in the heart of the lost, but bitter reproach against God and the old economy, as not warning him sufficiently [TRENCH]. The answer of Abraham is, They are sufficiently warned.

Adam Clarke on Luke 16:22

The rich man also died, and was buried - There is no mention of this latter circumstance in the case of Lazarus; he was buried, no doubt - necessity required this; but he had the burial of a pauper, while the pomp and pride of the other followed him to the tomb. But what a difference in these burials, if we take in the reading of my old MS. Bible, which is supported by several versions: forsothe the riche man is deed: and is buried in helle. And this is also the reading of the Anglo-saxon: and was in hell buried. In some MSS. the point has been wanting after εταφη, he was buried; and the following και, and, removed and set before επαρας he lifted up: so that the passage reads thus: The rich…

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John Gill on Luke 16:27

Then he said, I pray thee therefore father,.... The Cambridge, copy of Beza's, and the Ethiopic version read, "father Abraham"; finding he could have no redress of his misery, nor any relief for himself, he applies for others: that thou wouldst send him to my father's house; the house of Israel and Jacob, the surviving Jews: and this agrees also with a notion of theirs, that the dead seek for mercy for them (l). The Persic and Ethiopic versions read, "that thou wouldst send Lazarus", &c. whom the one calls Gazarus, and the other Eleazar. (l) T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 16. 1.

The Church Fathers

But it is too late for the rich man to begin to be master, when he has no longer time for learning or teaching.
— Ambrose of Milan ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Now mark his perverseness; not even in the midst of his torments does he keep to truth. If Abraham is thy father, how sayest thou, Send him to thy father's house? But thou hast not forgotten thy father, for he has been thy ruin.
— John Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Hom. 40. in Ev.) When the rich man in flames found that all hope was taken away from him, his mind turns to those relations whom he had left behind, as it is said, Then said he, I pray thee therefore, father Abraham, to send him to my father's house.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Lazarus — An abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so excited…
Dead (People) · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Parables · Rich man and Lazarus — Rich man and Lazarus
Torments · Of the wicked — Of the wicked

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 16:27

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:27

Adam Clarke on Luke 16:22

John Gill on Luke 16:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 16:27

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:27

Adam Clarke on Luke 16:22

John Gill on Luke 16:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 16:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 16:26