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But Abraham said, `Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
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Receiving "Your" Good Things
Abraham's response highlights that the rich man received "his good things." Commentators explain this is emphatic: he chose worldly wealth and pleasure as his ultimate reward and received it in full. His sin wasn't simply being rich, but making riches his god. In contrast, Lazarus's "evil things" were temporary trials he endured, not his chosen identity. This serves as a warning against seeking ultimate satisfaction in this life's comforts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Son. This is a representation designed to correspond with the word father. He was a descendant of Abraham—a Jew—and Abraham is represented…
Receivedst (απελαβες). Second aorist indicative of απολαμβανω, old verb to get back what is promised and in full. See also Lu 6:34…
19th Century
Anglican
But Abraham said, Son, . . .—There is surely something suggestive that the Patriarch is represented as not disowning the …
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By calling the rich man “son” (cf. 15:31), Abraham conveys something of the compassion God himself shows even to those who spurn him. In a masterly…
16th Century
Protestant
Son, remember. The word son appears to be used ironically, as a sharp and piercing reproof to the rich man, who falsely …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Abraham said, son He calls him "son", not in a spiritual sense; he was not one of Abraham's spiritual seed, that…
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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…
