Was borne (απενεχθηνα). First aorist passive infinitive from αποφερω, a common compound defective verb. The accusative case of gen…

Was carried by the angels. The Jews held the opinion that the spirits of the righteous were conveyed by angels to heaven at their death. O…

Was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom.—Among the Jews, three terms were commonly used to express the future state of bles…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: We have heard how both fared on earth; let us see what their condition is among the dead. That which…

After his death, Lazarus is escorted by “the angels,” in contrast to the rich man who is merely “buried” (v.22). “Abraham’s side” may picture recli…

And it happened that the beggar died. Christ here points out the vast change which death effected in the condition of the two men. Death w…

And it came to pass that the beggar died
The death of Christ was not a casual thing, a fortuitous event; it was agre…

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…