Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:24

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24. Father Abraham —a well-founded, but unavailing, claim of natural descent ( Luke 3:8 ; John 8:37 ). mercy on me —who never showed any ( James 2:3 ). send Lazarus —the pining victim of his merciless neglect. that he may —take me hence? No; that he dares not to ask. dip . . . tongue —that is the least conceivable and the most momentary abatement of his torment; that is all. But even this he is told is (1) unreasonable. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-25" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-luk-16-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/luk-16-24

Source

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