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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at 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.

Context of Luke 16:23

21who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores. 22“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. 24So he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’ 25But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise 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 are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
• Psalms 16:10You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
• Psalms 49:15But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)
• Psalms 86:13For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
• Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
• Proverbs 9:18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
• Proverbs 15:24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Matthew 5:22But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.
• Matthew 18:9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.
• Matthew 23:33You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
• 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,
• Revelation 20:13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
• Luke 16:28(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t 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