Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:21

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21. desiring to be fed with —but was not [GROTIUS, BENGEL, MEYER, TRENCH, &c.]. The words may mean indeed "was fain to feed on," or "gladly fed on," as in :- [ALFORD, WEBSTER and WILKINSON, &c.]. But the context rather favors the former. licked, &c.—a touching act of brute pity, in the absence of human relief. It is a case of heartless indifference, amidst luxuries of every kind, to one of God's poorest and most afflicted ones, presented daily before the eye. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-22" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-luk-16-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/luk-16-21

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological