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Luke 16:19
19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
Luke 16:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- New International Version (NIV)“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
Context of Luke 16:19
17But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail. 18Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery. Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day. 20And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores, 21and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.
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Ἄνθρωπος δέ τις ἦν πλούσιος καὶ ἐνεδιδύσκετο πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον εὐφραινόμενος καθ᾽ ἡμέραν λαμπρῶς.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 16:19
- Luke 12:16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
- Luke 18:24But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;
- James 5:1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].
- Luke 16:1And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.
- Luke 15:13And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
- Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
- Psalms 73:3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Amos 6:4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;
- Revelation 18:7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
- Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
- Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of byssus and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
- Ezekiel 16:13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
- Ezekiel 27:7Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
- Mark 15:17And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
Commentaries on Luke 16:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19There was a certain rich man - In the Scholia of some MSS. the name of this person is said to be Ninive. This account of the rich man and Lazarus is either a parable or a real history. If it be a parable, it is what may be: if it be a history, it is that which has been. Either a man may live as is here described, and go to perdition when he dies; or, some have lived in this way, and are now suffering the torments of an eternal fire. The account is equally…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19There was a certain rich man - Many have supposed that our Lord here refers to a “real history,” and gives an account of some man who had lived in this manner; but of this there is no evidence. The probability is that this narrative is to be considered as a parable, referring not to any particular case which “had” actually happened, but teaching that such cases “might” happen. The “design” of the narrative is to be collected from the previous…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. 19Purple was the color worn by royal people. Phoenician purple was an expensive dye made from mollusks.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. purple and fine linen, &c.--(Compare Es 8:15; Re 18:12); wanting nothing which taste and appetite craved and money could procure.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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