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Luke 16:28 KJV
Luke · chapter 16 · verse 28
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.Luke 16:28 · King James Version
Luke 16:28 in context
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.
30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- testifydiamartyromaito testify, earnestly, religiously to charge, to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm, to…G1263 →
- placetoposplace, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space, an inhabited…G5117 →
- fivepentefiveG4002 →
- lesthina mēlest, that... notG3363 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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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