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He said, `No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.`
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The Human Craving for Signs
The rich man's belief that a messenger from the dead would cause repentance reflects a common human error. Commentators explain that people often dismiss God's established Word while believing a spectacular sign would be more effective. This desire for novelty reveals a heart that undervalues the sufficient revelation God has already provided in Scripture.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
No. No. They will not hear Moses and the prophets. They have heard them so long in vain, that there is no prospect now that they will atte…
They will repent (μετανοησουσιν). The Rich Man had failed to do this and he now sees that it is the one thing lacking. It is not w…
19th Century
Anglican
But if one went unto them from the dead.—The words are in accordance with the general Jewish craving for a “sign,” as the…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
No, father Abraham. This is a personification, as we have said, which expresses the feelings of the living rather than the anxiety of the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, nay, father Abraham He contradicts his father Abraham, or at least desires it might not be so; this way…
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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…
