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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.

Context of Luke 16:23

21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' 25But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• hellᾍδηςhadēs · hell: HadesG86
• he lift upἐπαίρωepairō · to lift upG1869
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• beingὑπάρχωhuparchō · be alreadyG5225
• tormentsβάσανοςbasanos · tormentG931
• and seethὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• ·ἀπόapo · away fromG575
• afar offμακρόθενmakrothen · from afarG3113
• LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros · LazarusG2976
• bosomκόλποςkolpos · bosomG2859

Cross-references for Luke 16:23

• Psalms 9:17The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
• Psalms 16:10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
• Psalms 49:15But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
• Psalms 86:13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;
• Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
• Proverbs 9:18But he does 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 prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
• Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
• Matthew 18:9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
• Matthew 23:33You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
• 1 Corinthians 15:55"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
• Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
• Luke 16:28for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into 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