DID YOU KNOW?

In Luke 16, the rich man in torment asks Abraham to send Lazarus to warn his five brothers. What does Abraham answer?

The answer

"They have Moses and the prophets." Abraham replies, "They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them" (Luke 16:29). When the rich man pushes back, Abraham adds that they will not be convinced "even if someone rises from the dead" (Luke 16:31).

Why it’s interesting

This Lazarus is not the Lazarus of John 11, whom Jesus raises. The line about someone rising from the dead is read as a pointer to Jesus's own resurrection.

Scholarly consensus

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