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NASB | Luke 16:23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 16:23 "In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise). |
Subject: Where is Luke 16:19ff called a parable? |
Bible Note: Greetings Tim, It is with a heavy heart that I reply to you. I feel that you are choosing to ignore what anybody writes if it is not the answer you wish to hear. I will plainly answer your question where you ask "Where is Luke 16:19ff called a parable?" The Answer: Nowhere in the entire Bible does it say that it is a parable. I should conclude then by your reasoning that because it does not explicitly say that Jesus was not using symbols, the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus MUST not be symbolic but literal and that death must not be a sleep. That everywhere in the old testament where it speaks of death being a sleep is false and that the entire bible can truly be bent and twisted to mean whatever you want it to mean. Please take the examples below and show me that death is NOT a "sleep" state. 1) 1 Kings 2:10 "So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David" 2) 1 Kings 11:21 "And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country." 3) 1 Kings 11:43 "And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead." 4) 1 Kings 14:20 "And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead" 5) 1 Kings 14:31 "And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead." 6) Matthew 27:52 "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose," 7) 1 Corinthians 15:20 "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." 8) Deuteronomy 31:16 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; ..." 9) 2 Samuel 7:12 "And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee,..." 10) Psalm 13:3 "Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;" 11) Daniel 12:2 "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life,..." In regards to your statement on Luke 16, The bible does NOT say that they were all in hades. It only says that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. THEN it says the rich man died ALSO, and was buried. The difference being one is buried and the other is carried away. If you are going to be literal, then shouldn't it apply to the whole parable and not just where it fits in to the belief? Deut 34:5-6 says that Moses died and was buried. Jude 1:7 says that he was raised by Michael the archangel. There is no controversy here. If it was indeed Samuel, then why did he say in 1 Sam 28:15 "And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?..." What did he mean by bring me UP? Up from where? The grave? Hades? This would bring up a contradiction that states that only God can raise the dead. Your brother in Christ, Phil |