Luke 16:23

Luke 16:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• New International Version (NIV)In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Context of Luke 16:23

21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. 24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’ 25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Luke 16:23 word by word

καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Hadesᾍδηςhadēs · hell: HadesG86
• where he wasὑπάρχωhuparchō · be alreadyG5225
• tormentβάσανοςbasanos · tormentG931
• he looked upἐπαίρωepairō · to lift upG1869
• he looked upαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• he looked upὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• afarμακρόθενmakrothen · from afarG3113
• LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros · LazarusG2976
• sideκόλποςkolpos · bosomG2859

Cross-references for Luke 16:23

• Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
• Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
• Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
• Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
• Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
• Matthew 18:9And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
• Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
• 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
• Revelation 20:13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
• Luke 16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

Commentaries on Luke 16:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23In hell - The word here translated hell (“Hades”) means literally a dark, obscure place; the place where departed spirits go, but especially the place where “wicked” spirits go. See the Job 10:21-22 notes; Isaiah 14:9 note. The following circumstances are related of it in this parable: 1.It is “far off” from the abodes of the righteous. Lazarus was seen “afar off.” 2.It is a place of torment. 3.There is a great gulf fixed between that and heaven, Luke…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or oppression; but Christ shows, that a man may have a great deal of the wealth, pomp, and pleasure of this world, yet perish for ever under God's wrath and curse. The sin of this rich man was his providing for himself only. Here is a godly man, and one…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Hades: This can refer to either the place where all people go when they die, or where the wicked go after death, as in this context.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. in hell--not the final place of the lost (for which another word is used), but as we say "the unseen world." But as the object here is certainly to depict the whole torment of the one and the perfect bliss of the other, it comes in this case to much the same. seeth Abraham--not God, to whom therefore he cannot cry [Bengel].Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:23

• Abraham
• Dead (People)
• Death
• Hades
• Hell
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Rich, the
• Righteous
• Sorrow
• Torments
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Lazarus
• Abraham, Abram
• Account
• Beg
• Beside
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Fare

Commentaries on Luke 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings