He was clothed (ενεδιδυσκετο). Imperfect middle of ενδιδυσκω, a late intensive form of ενδυω. He clothed himself in or with. It wa…

There 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…

There was a certain rich man . . .—Here, also, there is a certain appearance of abruptness. But the sneer of Luke 16:14 explains t…

The Venerable Bede: Our Lord had just advised making friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, which the Pharisees derided. H…

This paragraph vividly pictures the earthly state of the two people and prepares us for the reversal in vv.22–24, though this is not in itself the …

Although Luke introduces some things between them, there can be no doubt that this example was intended by Christ to confirm the discourse we have …

There was a certain rich man
In Beza's most ancient copy, and in another manuscript of his it is read by way of pref…

Here spiritual things are represented in a description of the different states of the good and the bad, in this world and in the next. We are not t…