Luke 16:29
27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
- KJV
- Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
- WEB
- “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
- ASV
- But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
- DARBY
- But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.
- BLB
- But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
- ÅB
- Men Abraham sier til ham: De har Moses og profetene; la dem høre dem!
- OTB
- Men Abraham sa: 'De har Moses og profetene; la dem lytte til dem.'
- B1930
- Men Abraham sier til ham: De har Moses og profetene; la dem høre dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 15:21
For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
Read in contextLuke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
Read in contextLuke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Read in context2 Peter 1:19–21
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Read in contextActs 17:11–12
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
Read in contextMalachi 4:2–4
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
Read in contextJohn 5:39–47
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
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