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href="/bsb/luke/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/luke/16.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a certain poor man named Lazarus, being full of sores, was laid at his gate<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But a poor beggar named Lazarus was brought to the gate of the rich man's house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />There was also a beggar named Lazarus who was regularly brought to the gate of the rich man's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There was also a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who used to be brought to the rich man's door, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />A beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was brought to his gate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was placed at his gate, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a certain poor man named Lazarus, being full of sores, was laid at his gate<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And there was a poor man named Lazarus, who was laid down at that rich man’s door, afflicted with boils;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/16.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“And there was a certain poor man whose name was Lazar and he lay at the gate of that rich man, being stricken with abscesses.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/16.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/16.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores,<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/16.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />and there was a certain pauper, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate covered with ulcers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/16.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />a certain beggar named Lazarus, was lying at his gate, and tho' cover'd with ulcers, the very dogs came and fawned upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/16.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And a certain poor man, Lazarus by name, had been laid at his gate, full of sores,<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/16.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And there was a poor man named Lazarus,<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/16-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=6623" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/16.htm">The Rich Man and Lazarus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">And</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">a</a> <a href="/greek/4434.htm" title="4434: ptōchos (Adj-NMS) -- Poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad. ">beggar</a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onomati (N-DNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">named</a> <a href="/greek/2976.htm" title="2976: Lazaros (N-NMS) -- Probably of Hebrew origin; Lazarus, the name of two Israelites.">Lazarus</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: ebeblēto (V-LIM/P-3S) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">lay</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">at</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4440.htm" title="4440: pylōna (N-AMS) -- From pule; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule.">gate,</a> <a href="/greek/1669.htm" title="1669: heilkōmenos (V-RPM/P-NMS) -- To afflict with sores; pass: To be afflicted with sores. From helkos; to cause to ulcerate, i.e. be ulcerous.">covered with sores</a> </span> <span class="reftext">21</span>and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-5.htm">James 2:5-6</a></span><br />Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? / But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a></span><br />Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a></span><br />If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a></span><br />“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-31.htm">Proverbs 14:31</a></span><br />Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a></span><br />For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a></span><br />Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-21.htm">Matthew 19:21</a></span><br />Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-10.htm">Galatians 2:10</a></span><br />They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm">Deuteronomy 15:11</a></span><br />For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Acts 3:2-3</a></span><br />And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts. / When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-15.htm">Job 29:15-16</a></span><br />I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. / I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/41-1.htm">Psalm 41:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,</p><p class="hdg">a certain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/18-35.htm">Luke 18:35-43</a></b></br> And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm">1 Samuel 2:8</a></b></br> He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, <i>and</i> lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set <i>them</i> among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth <i>are</i> the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/1-9.htm">James 1:9</a></b></br> Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:</p><p class="hdg">Lazarus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/11-1.htm">John 11:1</a></b></br> Now a certain <i>man</i> was sick, <i>named</i> Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.</p><p class="hdg">was laid.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Acts 3:2</a></b></br> And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;</p><p class="hdg">full.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/16-21.htm">Luke 16:21</a></b></br> And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a></b></br> So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/34-19.htm">Psalm 34:19</a></b></br> Many <i>are</i> the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/10-46.htm">Beggar</a> <a href="/luke/15-20.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/luke/13-25.htm">Door</a> <a href="/luke/15-24.htm">Full</a> <a href="/luke/13-24.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/mark/14-68.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/john/12-17.htm">Lazarus</a> <a href="/john/12-17.htm">Laz'arus</a> <a href="/luke/6-30.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/luke/14-21.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/mark/14-68.htm">Porch</a> <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Sores</a> <a href="/luke/5-13.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/luke/10-34.htm">Wounds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/16-22.htm">Beggar</a> <a href="/luke/16-21.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/john/10-1.htm">Door</a> <a href="/luke/16-21.htm">Full</a> <a href="/john/5-2.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/acts/12-13.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/luke/16-24.htm">Lazarus</a> <a href="/luke/16-23.htm">Laz'arus</a> <a href="/luke/19-35.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/luke/16-22.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/john/10-23.htm">Porch</a> <a href="/luke/16-21.htm">Sores</a> <a href="/luke/22-53.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/luke/16-21.htm">Wounds</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/16-1.htm">The parable of the unjust steward.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/16-14.htm">Jesus reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This is significant as it reflects the divine assistance and hope that Lazarus receives in the afterlife, contrasting his earthly suffering. The use of a named character in a parable is unique to this story, suggesting a deeper personal connection and emphasizing the reality of the narrative. Lazarus represents the marginalized and destitute, highlighting the biblical theme of God's concern for the poor and oppressed, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/41.htm">Psalm 41:1</a> and <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a>.<p><b>lay at his gate</b><br>The "gate" refers to the entrance of a wealthy man's home, indicating a place of potential charity and assistance. In ancient times, city gates were places of judgment and commerce, but here it symbolizes the boundary between wealth and poverty. The placement of Lazarus at the gate underscores the proximity of the rich man's opportunity to show compassion, yet his failure to do so. This setting reflects the cultural norms of hospitality and almsgiving in Jewish society, where the expectation was to care for the needy, as instructed in <a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Deuteronomy 15:7-11</a>.<p><b>covered with sores</b><br>The description of Lazarus being "covered with sores" emphasizes his physical suffering and social ostracism. In biblical times, skin diseases often led to ritual impurity and exclusion from community life, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>. This imagery evokes the plight of Job, who also suffered from sores and was marginalized (<a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7-8</a>). The sores symbolize not only physical affliction but also the spiritual and social neglect experienced by the poor. This condition contrasts with the rich man's opulence, highlighting the reversal of fortunes that will occur in the afterlife, as seen in the Beatitudes (<a href="/luke/6-20.htm">Luke 6:20-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lazarus.htm">Lazarus</a></b><br>A poor man, depicted as a beggar, who is covered with sores. His name, Lazarus, is derived from the Hebrew name Eleazar, meaning "God has helped." This indicates a deeper spiritual truth about God's care and provision, even when it is not visible in earthly terms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_rich_man's_gate.htm">The Rich Man's Gate</a></b><br>The location where Lazarus is laid. The gate symbolizes a barrier between the wealth and comfort of the rich man and the suffering and need of Lazarus. It represents the divide between earthly wealth and spiritual poverty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_rich_man.htm">The Rich Man</a></b><br>Although not named in this verse, he is a central figure in the parable. His wealth and indifference to Lazarus's plight are key themes in the account.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_over_indifference.htm">Compassion Over Indifference</a></b><br>The account of Lazarus and the rich man challenges believers to examine their own attitudes towards the poor and needy. Are we like the rich man, ignoring those in need at our gates?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Earthly wealth and status are temporary. The parable encourages believers to focus on eternal values and treasures in heaven rather than material wealth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_care_for_the_marginalized.htm">God's Care for the Marginalized</a></b><br>Lazarus's name reminds us that God sees and helps those who are marginalized and suffering, even when the world overlooks them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/barrier_of_wealth.htm">Barrier of Wealth</a></b><br>The gate symbolizes the barrier that wealth can create between individuals. Believers are called to break down these barriers through acts of love and generosity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happens_to_the_rich_man_and_lazarus.htm">What happens to the rich man and Lazarus after death?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_luke_16_19-31_conflict_with_science.htm">In Luke 16:19-31, does the depiction of conscious interactions after death conflict with modern scientific understanding of the brain and death?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_luke_16_19-31_and_john_5_28-29_align.htm">How does Luke 16:19-31's portrayal of immediate judgment align with passages like John 5:28-29 that suggest a future resurrection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/rich_and_poor__what_after_death.htm">What happens to the rich and poor after death?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus.</span>--The word for "beggar," it may be noted, is the same as the "poor" of <a href="/luke/6-20.htm" title="And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.">Luke 6:20</a>. The occurrence in this one solitary instance of a personal name in our Lord's parables, suggests the question, What was meant by it? Three answers present themselves, each of which is more or less compatible with the other two. (1) There may have been an actual beggar of that name known both to the disciples and the Pharisees. (2) The significance of the name, the current Greek form of Eleazar (="God is the helper"), may have been meant to symbolise the outward wretchedness of one who had no other help. (3) As that which seems most probable, the name may have been intended as a warning to Lazarus of Bethany. He was certainly rich. We have seen some reason to identify him with the young ruler that had great possessions. (See Notes on <a href="/matthew/19-18.htm" title="He said to him, Which? Jesus said, You shall do no murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,">Matthew 19:18</a>.) In any case he was exposed to the temptations that wealth brings with it. What more effectual warning could be given him than to hear his own name brought into a parable, as belonging to the beggar who was carried into Abraham's bosom, while his own actual life corresponded more or less closely to that of the rich man who passed into the torments of Hades? Was he not taught in this way, what all else failed to teach him, that if he wished for eternal life he must strip himself of the wealth which made it impossible for him to enter the Kingdom of God? It may be noted that almost every harmonised arrangement of the Gospel history places the parable almost immediately before the death and raising of Lazarus (see Note on <a href="/john/11-1.htm" title="Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.">John 11:1</a>), while in some of them the question of the young ruler comes between the two. The combination, in either case, suggests the thought of a continuous process of spiritual education, by which the things that were "impossible with men" were shown to be "possible with God" (<a href="/matthew/19-26.htm" title="But Jesus beheld them, and said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.">Matthew 19:26</a>). First the picture of the unseen world drawn in symbolic imagery, so as to force itself upon his notice, then an actual experience of the realities of that life; this was what he needed, and this was given him.<p><span class= "bld">Laid at his gate, full of sores, . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">at his porch,</span> or <span class= "ital">gateway.</span> The Greek word for "full of sores" is somewhat more technical than the English one; literally, <span class= "ital">ulcerated,</span> one which a medical writer like St. Luke would use to express a generally ulcerous state of the whole body. The description led, in course of time, to the application of the leper's name to those who suffered from leprosy, as producing an analogous condition, and so we get the terms, <span class= "ital">lazar, lazar-house, lazaretto.</span> In the Italian <span class= "ital">lazzaroni</span> the idea of the beggary is prominent without that of the sores.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20, 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table</span>. In striking contrast to the life of the rich man, the Master, with a few touches, paints the life of the beggar Lazarus. This giving a name to a personage in the parable occurs nowhere else in the evangelists' reports of our Lord's parabolic teaching. It probably was done in this case just to give us a hint, for it is nothing more, of the personal character of the poor sufferer who in the end was so blessed. The object of the parable, as we shall see, did not include any detailed account of the beggar-man's inner life; just <span class="accented">this</span> name is given him to show us why, when he died, he found himself at once in bliss. Among the Jews the name very often describes the character of him who bears it. The Greek name <span class="accented">Lazarus</span> is derived from two Hebrew words, <span class="accented">El-ezer</span> ("God-help"), shortened by the rabbis into <span class="accented">Leazar</span>, whence <span class="accented">Lazarus.</span> He was, then, one of those happy ones whose confidence, in all his grief and misery, was in God alone. Well was his trust, as we shall see, justified. The gate at which he was daily laid was a stately portal (<span class="greek">πυλών</span>). Lazarus is represented as utterly unable to win his bread. He was a constant sufferer, covered with sores, wasting under the dominion of a loathsome, incurable disease. This representative of human suffering has taken a strange hold on the imagination of men. In many of the languages of Europe the name of the beggar of the parable appears in the terms "lazar," "lazar-house," and "lazaretto," "lazzaroni." Unable himself to walk, some pitying friend or friends among the poor - the poor are never backward in helping others poorer than themselves, thus setting a noble example to the rich - brought him and laid him daily close by the splendid gates of the palace of Dives. The crumbs signify the broken fragments which the servants of the rich man would contemptuously, perhaps pityingly, toss to the poor helpless beggar-man as he lay by the gate. <span class="cmt_word">Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores</span>. These were the wild, homeless pariah dogs so common in all Eastern cities, who act as the street-scavengers, and are regarded as unclean. This mention of the dogs clustering round him does not suggest any contrast between the pitying animals and pitiless men, but simply adds additional colour to the picture of the utter helplessness of the diseased sufferer; there he lay, and as he lay, the rough homeless dogs would lick his unbandaged wounds as they passed on the forage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/16-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="grk">δέ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a</span><br /><span class="grk">τις</span> <span class="translit">(tis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> </span><span class="str2">Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beggar</span><br /><span class="grk">πτωχὸς</span> <span class="translit">(ptōchos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4434.htm">Strong's 4434: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">named</span><br /><span class="grk">ὀνόματι</span> <span class="translit">(onomati)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> </span><span class="str2">Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lazarus</span><br /><span class="grk">Λάζαρος</span> <span class="translit">(Lazaros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2976.htm">Strong's 2976: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably of Hebrew origin; Lazarus, the name of two Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lay</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐβέβλητο</span> <span class="translit">(ebeblēto)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="grk">πρὸς</span> <span class="translit">(pros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> </span><span class="str2">To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gate,</span><br /><span class="grk">πυλῶνα</span> <span class="translit">(pylōna)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4440.htm">Strong's 4440: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pule; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">covered with sores</span><br /><span class="grk">εἱλκωμένος</span> <span class="translit">(heilkōmenos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1669.htm">Strong's 1669: </a> </span><span class="str2">To afflict with sores; pass: To be afflicted with sores. 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