Thou foolish one (αφρων). Fool, for lack of sense (α privative and φρην, sense) as in 11:40; 2 Corinthians 11:19. Old …

You fool. If there is any supreme folly, it is this. As if riches could prolong life, or avert for a moment the approach of pain and death…

But God said to him.—The bold anthropomorphic language seems intended to suggest the thought not only that death came sud…

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

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Theophylact of Ohrid: Having said that a person's life is not extended by an abundance of wealth, He adds a parable to enco…

Since this is a parable, Jesus can heighten certain elements that illustrate his point, even to the point of having God speak directly to the rich …

Fool, this night they will demand your soul from you. The word soul carries an allusion. Formerly, the rich man addresse…

But God said to him
He determined within himself he should die that night; for the time of a man's death, as well as…

Christ's kingdom is spiritual and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but worldly dominion …