Luke 16:23

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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In hell - The word here translated hell (“Hades”) means literally a dark, obscure place; the place where departed spirits go, but especially the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And in hell (i) he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (i) Heavenly and spiritual things are...
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 illust...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hell. Greek. Hades . the grave. See App-131. lift up . having lifted up. Compare similar imagery in Judges 9:7-15 . Isaiah 14:9-11 . being ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. And, lifting up, his eyes in hell. Though Christ is relating a history, yet he describes spiritual things under figures, which he knew t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In hell, &c.— In the unseen world, as we have frequently observed is the meaning of the Greek word αδης. Both the rich man and Lazarus were i...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And in hell he lifted up his eyes,...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The rich man and Lazarus: peculiar to Lk, and full of that sympathy with the poor which characterises his Gospel. It does not, however, as Strauss...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In hell] RV 'in Hades.' Hades is here used in a wide sense for the intermediate state of all souls, just and unjust, between death and judgment. In...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And in hell. — The Greek word is Hades, not Gehenna; the unseen world of the dead, not the final prison of the souls of the lost. (See Note on Mat...
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...
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...
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,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments ,.... Which may design the place of torment, and the miserable state the Scribes and Pharisees, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Ver. 23. Being in torments ] Having pun...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And in hell Εν τω αδη, in hades; that is, in the unseen, or invisible world. It must be observed, that both the rich man and Lazarus were in had...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain ri...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Ver. 23,24. Kai en tw adh, And in hell. The world hath been filled with disputes about the true signification of the word adhv, which is h...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Rich Man and Lazarus (16:19-31). This story deals with two aspects of what has gone before, the danger of possessing riches and not using them...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the rich man also died, and was buried, and in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bos...
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,...
Scofield Reference Notes

hell (Greek, "hadēs", "the unseen world," is revealed as the place of departed human spirits between death and resurrection). The word occurs...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 16:23-24 Prayer to Saints, and Purgatory. These are two points of doctrine, upon which I think that we may regard this parable as throwing li...
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 p...
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 H...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:55 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; Isaiah 14:15 ; Isaiah 14:9 ; Luke 13:28 ; Luke 13:29 ; Luke 16:28 ; Luke 8:28 ; Matthew 18:9 ; Matthew...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He seeth Abraham afar off — And yet knew him at that distance: and shall not Abraham's children, when they are together in paradise, know each othe...

²³ And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Related Commentaries of Luke 16:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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