Luke 16:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: ”

• Luke 16:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  There was a certain rich man - Many have supposed that our Lord here refers to a “real history,” and gives an account of some man who had lived in this manner; but of this there is no evidence. T...

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• Luke 16:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (6) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in (h) purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (6) The end of the poverty and misery of the godly will be everlasting joy, as the...

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• Luke 16:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 w...

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• Luke 16:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  There was, &c . = But there was. This commences the second part of the Lord's address to the Pharisees, against their tradition making void God's word as to the dead, which may be seen in Psalm...

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• Luke 16:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Though Luke introduces some things between them, there can be no doubt that this example was intended by Christ to confirm the discourse which we have last examined. He points out what conditio...

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• Luke 16:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: There was a certain rich man - In the Scholia of some MSS. the name of this person is said t...

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• Luke 16:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  There was a certain rich man,— The reasoning made use of by our Lord in the preceding verses was clear and unanswerable; but the Pharisees, stupified with the intoxication of sensual pleasures, wer...

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• Luke 16:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: There was a certain rich man, х Anthroopos ( G444 ) de ( G1161 ) tis (...

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• Luke 16:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 il...

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• Luke 16:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  There was a certain rich man... — Here, also, there is a certain appearance of abruptness. But the sneer of Luke 16:14 explains the sequence of thought. On the one side, among those who listened...

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• Luke 16:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Luke 16:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 whi...

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• Luke 16:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• Luke 16:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  LIVING AND DYING ‘There was a certain rich man.… And there was a certain beggar.’ Luke 16:19-20 This is a solemn parable. It gives us a peep into the unseen world. It tells of a poor man who...

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• Luke 16:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  There was a certain rich man ,.... In Beza's most ancient copy, and in another manuscript of his it is read by way of preface, "he said also another parable": which shows, that this is not a history...

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• Luke 16:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: Ver. 19. There was a certain rich man ] Not once named, as Lazarus was, though never so...

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• Luke 16:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  There was a certain rich man , &c. Our Lord, in the last paragraph, having exposed those parts of the character of the Pharisees which were most odious in the sight of God, and the roots from wh...

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• Luke 16:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• Luke 16:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Unjust Steward.       1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accu...

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• Luke 16:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 19-22. It is a question of no great concern for us to be resolved about, whether this be a history, or narrative of matter of fact, or a parable. Those that contend on either side have probable...

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• Luke 16:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day,' The story opens with the picture of a man who according to Pharisaic teaching was a man...

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• Luke 16:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 16:14-18 . 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 addres...

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• Luke 16:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

  There Verses ( Luke 16:19-31 ) are not said to be a parable. Rich men and beggars are common; there is no reason why Jesus may not have had in mind a particular case. In no parable is an indiv...

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• Luke 16:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 16:19-20 I. It is very important to observe that, in this parable, we have not before us the entire character either of the rich man or Lazarus. The luxurious self-indulgent habit of living i...

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• Luke 16:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 propert...

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• Luke 16:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Luke 16:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 16:1-42 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, a...

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• Luke 16:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day;

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• Luke 16:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 6:4-6 ; Esther 8:15 ; Ezekiel 16:13 ; Ezekiel 16:49 ; Ezekiel 27:7 ; James 5:1-5 ; Job 21:11-15 ; Judges 8:26 ; Luke 12:16-21 ; Luke 18:24 ; Luke 18:25 ; Luke 15:13 ; Luke 16:1 ; M...

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• Luke 16:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  There was a certain rich man — Very probably a Pharisee, and one that justified himself before men; a very honest, as well as honourable gentleman: though it was not proper to mention his name on t...

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