Luke 16:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

by. Greek. hupo. App-104.

the angels. The Pharisees taught that there were three sets of angels for wicked men; and others for good men. See Luke 16:18. and Lightfoot, Works, vol. xii, pp. 159-61.

Abraham's bosom. The Pharisees taught that there were three places: (1) Abraham's bosom; (2) "under the throne of glory"; (3) in the garden of Eden(Greek. Paradise). Speaking of death, they would say "this day he sits in Abraham's bosom". Lightfoot, Works, vol. xii, pp. 159-63.

and was buried 23. in hell. Tatian (e. D. 170), the Vulgate and Syriac, omit the second "and", and read, "and was buried in Hades".

Luke 16:22

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;