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.
• 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.

Context of Luke 16:19

17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single serif of the Torah to fail. 18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery. “Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury every day. 20But a poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gate, covered with sores 21and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Besides, even the dogs were coming to lick 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 Yeshua told them a parable, saying, “The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.
• Luke 18:24Gazing at him, Yeshua said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter into the kingdom of God!
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
• Luke 16:1Now Yeshua was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a household manager, and this manager was accused of squandering his belongings.
• Luke 15:13“Not many days later, the younger son gathered everything and traveled to a far country, and there he squandered his inheritance on wild living.
• Job 21:11They send out their little ones like a flock and their children dance.
• Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, gluttony, and careless ease—so had she and her daughters—and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
• Amos 6:4Reclining on beds of ivory, sprawling on their couches, dining on lambs from the flock and calves from amid the stall,
• Revelation 17:4The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She was holding a golden cup in her hand full of detestable things and the filth of her immorality,
• Revelation 18:7As she has exalted herself and indulged herself in luxury, so give her the same measure of torment and grief! For in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen— I am no widow; I shall never see grief.’
• Judges 8:26So the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold—besides the crescent ornaments, the pendants and the purple robes that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on their camels’ necks.
• Esther 8:15Then Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in blue and white royal robes, with a large gold crown, and also a purple robe of fine linen.The city of Shushan shouted and rejoiced.
• Ezekiel 16:13So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was of fine linen, silk and embroidery. You ate fine flour, honey and oil. You became exceedingly beautiful, and advanced to the kingdom.
• Ezekiel 27:7Fine Egyptian linen was your sail, serving as a banner for you. Your awning was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.
• Mark 15:17They dress Him up in purple. After braiding 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