Luke 16:31
And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one may rise out of the dead.”
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30and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
Cross References
Genesis 9:27God gives beauty to Japheth, || And he dwells in tents of Shem, || And Canaan is servant to him.”
John 11:43And saying these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
Acts 19:8And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the Kingdom of God,
Acts 28:23and having appointed him a day, more of them came to him, to the lodging, to whom he was setting [it] forth, testifying fully the Kingdom of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, from morning until evening,
2 Corinthians 5:11having known, therefore, the fear of the LORD, we persuade men, and we are revealed to God, and I also hope to have been revealed 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 →