Christian Standard Bible
Luke 16:22
22One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- New International Version (NIV)“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
- New King James Version (NKJV)So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
Context of Luke 16:22
20But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate. 21He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores. One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side. 24‘Father Abraham! ’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’
Read all of Luke 16Luke 16:22 word by word
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ· ἀπέθανεν δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος καὶ ἐτάφη.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- it came to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- that the beggarὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- that the beggarπτωχόςptōchos · poorG4434
- diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- was carriedἀποφέρωapopherō · to carry offG667
- ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- byὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- Abraham’sἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
- bosomκόλποςkolpos · bosomG2859
- the rich manπλούσιοςplousios · richG4145
- was buriedθάπτωthaptō · to buryG2290
Cross-references for Luke 16:22
- Job 3:13Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
- Isaiah 57:1The righteous person perishes, and no one takes it to heart; the faithful are taken away, with no one realizing that the righteous person is taken away because of evil.
- Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”
- Psalms 91:11For he will give his angels orders concerning you, to protect you in all your ways.
- Matthew 13:38the field is the world; and the good seed — these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,
- Matthew 24:31He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
- Hebrews 2:14Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death — that is, the devil —
- Matthew 8:11I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- John 13:23One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Jesus.
- John 21:20So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray you?”
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared — whose will they be?’
- Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.
- Psalms 73:18Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
- Mark 8:36For what does it benefit someone to gain the whole world and yet lose his life?
Commentaries on Luke 16:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The rich man also died, and was buried - There is no mention of this latter circumstance in the case of Lazarus; he was buried, no doubt - necessity required this; but he had the burial of a pauper, while the pomp and pride of the other followed him to the tomb. But what a difference in these burials, if we take in the reading of my old MS. Bible, which is supported by several versions: forsothe the riche man is deed: and is buried in helle. And this is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Was carried by the angels - The Jews held the opinion that the spirits of the righteous were conveyed by angels to heaven at their death. Our Saviour speaks in accordance with this opinion; and as he expressly affirms the fact, it seems as proper that it should be taken literally, as when it is said the rich man died and was buried. Angels are ministering spirits sent forth to minister to those who are heirs of salvation Hebrews 1:14, and there is no more…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. 22carried by the angels to Abraham’s side: The Greek suggests a banquet at which guests reclined around a low table (see John 13:23). Lazarus was taken to the messianic banquet in the kingdom of God (see Luke 14:1–24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. died--His burial was too unimportant to mention; while "the rich man died and was buried"--his carcass carried in pomp to its earthly resting-place. in to Abraham's bosom--as if seen reclining next to Him at the heavenly feast (Mt 8:11).Read the comment
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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
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