Luke 16:31
But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30But he said, Not so, Father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.
Cross References
John 11:43And when he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Acts 19:8And he entered the synagogue, and spoke boldly, reasoning, and persuading them for three months, with respect to the things of the kingdom of God.
Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging; to whom, from morning till evening;, he earnestly testified, and set forth the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and from the prophets.
2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing, then, the fearful judgment of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest to God. I hope, indeed, that we are also made manifest in your consciences.
Matthew Henry on Luke 16:20-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up… Read the whole commentary →