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Luke 16:27 KJV
Luke · chapter 16 · verse 27
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:Luke 16:27 · King James Version
Luke 16:27 in context
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- prayerōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- sendpempōto send, to bid a thing to be carried to one, to send a thing into anotherG3992 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-31