That he may testify (οπως διαμαρτυρητα). An old verb for solemn and thorough (δια-) witness. The Rich Man labours under the delusi…

Five brethren. The number five is mentioned merely to preserve the appearance of verisimilitude in the story. It is not to be spiritualize…

For I have five brethren.—Here again we are left to choose between opposite views of the motive that prompted the request…

St. Gregory the Great: When the rich man in flames found that all hope was taken away from him, his mind turned to the relative…

This unchangeability comes from a hardness not only toward Christ but also toward “Moses and the Prophets” (cf. Jn 5:46). Not even a spectacular “s…

For I have five brethren
Meaning his brethren and countrymen, according to the flesh; who when he was alive, stood in such a r…

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…