Luke 16:26

Luke 16:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
• New International Version (NIV)And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’

Context of Luke 16:26

24He yelled, ‘Father Abraham! Have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue. I am suffering in this fire.’ 25“Abraham replied, ‘Remember, my child, that you had a life filled with good times, while Lazarus’ life was filled with misery. Now he has peace here, while you suffer. Besides, a wide area separates us. People couldn’t cross it in either direction even if they wanted to.’ 27“The rich man responded, ‘Then I ask you, Father, to send Lazarus back to my father’s home. 28I have five brothers. He can warn them so that they won’t end up in this place of torture.’

Luke 16:26 word by word

καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν τούτοις μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται ὅπως οἱ θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἔνθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μὴ δύνωνται μηδὲ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερῶσιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• besideἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• betweenμεταξύmetaxu · between/meanwhileG3342
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• youσύsu · youG4771
• there is a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• gulfχάσμαchasma · chasmG5490
• fixedστηρίζωstērizō · to establishG4741
• so thatὅπωςhopōs · thatG3704
• they whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• passδιαβαίνωdiabainō · to crossG1224
• from henceἐντεῦθεν, ἔνθενenteuthen · from hereG1782
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• cannotδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
• can they passδιαπεράωdiaperaō · to crossG1276
• from thenceἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564

Cross-references for Luke 16:26

• 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything until dawn.
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep, they are driven to hell with death as their shepherd. (Decent people will rule them in the morning.) Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes.
• Ezekiel 28:24The nation of Israel will no longer be hurt by prickly thorns or sharp briars from everyone around them. Then they will know that I am the Almighty Lord.
• Malachi 3:18Then you will again see the difference between righteous people and wicked people, between the one who serves God and the one who doesn’t serve him.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4That’s why we brag in God’s churches about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and suffering you are experiencing.
• James 1:11The sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up plants. The flowers drop off, and the beauty is gone. The same thing will happen to rich people. While they are busy, they will die.
• James 5:1Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.
• Luke 12:59I can guarantee that you won’t get out until you pay every penny of your fine.”
• Psalms 50:22Consider this, you people who forget God. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one left to rescue you.
• Matthew 25:46“These people will go away into eternal punishment, but those with God’s approval will go into eternal life.”
• John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, he will see God’s constant anger.”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will pay the penalty by being destroyed forever, by being separated from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious power.
• Revelation 20:10The devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were also thrown. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.
• Revelation 22:11Let those who don’t have God’s approval go without it, and let filthy people continue to be filthy. Let those who have God’s approval continue to have it, and let holy people continue to be holy.”

Commentaries on Luke 16:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26A great gulf - The word translated “gulf” means chasm, or the broad, yawning space between two elevated objects. In this place it means that there is no way of passing from one to the other. Fixed - Strengthened - made firm or immovable. It is so established that it will never be movable or passable. It will forever divide heaven and hell. Which would pass - We are not to press this passage literally, as if those who are in heaven would “desire” to go and…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. 26nor can anyone cross from there to us: This verse gives the general principle that a person's state after death is permanent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. Son--stinging acknowledgment of the claimed relationship. thou ... Lazarus, &c.--As it is a great law of God's kingdom, that the nature of our present desires shall rule that of our future bliss, so by that law, he whose "good things," craved and enjoyed, were all bounded by time, could look for none after his connection with time had come to an end (Lu 6:24). But by this law, he whose "evil things," all crowded into the present life, drove him to…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:26

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

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Beg
• Beside
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Fare
• Lazarus
• Put
• Riches

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