Luke 16:19

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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.

Context of Luke 16:19

17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. 18"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. "There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 16:19 word by word

Ἄνθρωπος δέ τις ἦν πλούσιος καὶ ἐνεδιδύσκετο πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον εὐφραινόμενος καθ᾽ ἡμέραν λαμπρῶς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• There wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• richπλούσιοςplousios · richG4145
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• whichκαίkai · andG2532
• was clothedἐνδιδύσκωendiduskō · to dressG1737
• in purpleπορφύραporphura · purple clothG4209
• fine linenβύσσοςbussos · fine linenG1040
• and faredεὐφραίνωeuphrainō · to celebrateG2165
• sumptuouslyλαμπρῶςlamprōs · magnificentlyG2988
• everyκατάkata · according toG2596
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for Luke 16:19

• Luke 12:16And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
• Luke 18:24Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
• Luke 16:1He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
• Luke 15:13Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
• Job 21:11They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.
• Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
• Amos 6:4"Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,
• Revelation 17:4The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
• Revelation 18:7As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'
• Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
• Esther 8:15Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
• Ezekiel 16:13Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.
• Ezekiel 27:7Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
• Mark 15:17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

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

Topics related to Luke 16:19

• Dead (People)
• Extravagance
• Happiness
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Linen
• Rich, the
• Self-Indulgence
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Beg
• Beside
• Colour
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Dress
• Fare
• Lazarus

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