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for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.`
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The Sufficiency of Scripture
The rich man believes a spectacular sign—a man returning from the dead—would convince his brothers. However, commentators explain this is a delusion. The parable's ultimate point, clarified in the following verses, is that those who reject God's clear revelation in Scripture would not be persuaded even by a great miracle. This was later proven by the response to Jesus' own resurrection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Five brethren. The number five is mentioned merely to preserve the appearance of verisimilitude in the story. It is not to be spiritualize…
That he may testify (οπως διαμαρτυρητα). An old verb for solemn and thorough (δια-) witness. The Rich Man labours under the delusi…
19th Century
Anglican
For I have five brethren.—Here again we are left to choose between opposite views of the motive that prompted the request…
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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