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and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man`s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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The Sin of Indifference
Commentators note that the rich man's sin was not active cruelty but passive indifference. He wasn't accused of harming Lazarus, but of simply ignoring his suffering. Matthew Henry states his sin was 'providing for himself only.' This serves as a powerful warning that a life of luxury, lived with willful ignorance of the needs of others at our 'gate,' is condemned.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Beggar. Poor man. The original word does not mean beggar, but simply that he was poor. It should have been so translated…
With the crumbs that fell (απο των πιπτοντων). From the things that fell from time to time. The language reminds one of Lu 15:16 (…
19th Century
Anglican
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs. The habits of the East, the absence of knives, forks, and the like, made the amount of was…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
And even the dogs came. It was quite enough to prove the hardened cruelty of the rich man, that the sight of wretchedness like th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs The offal food, broken bread, fragments of meat: that food which falls from t…
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