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:
• 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.
• 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

17It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. 18“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. 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 this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
• Luke 18:24Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
• James 5:1Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
• Luke 16:1Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
• Luke 15:13“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
• Job 21:11They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.
• Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Ezekiel 16:49“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
• Amos 6:4You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.
• Revelation 17:4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
• Revelation 18:7Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.’
• Judges 8:26The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels, not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels’ necks.
• Esther 8:15When Mordecai left the king’s presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration.
• Ezekiel 16:13So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.
• Ezekiel 27:7Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail and served as your banner; your awnings were of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.
• Mark 15:17They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set 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