Luke 16:31
But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if one may rise from the dead.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
30But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent.
Cross References
John 11:43And speaking these things, He cried out with a great voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Acts 19:8And having come into the synagogue, he preached boldly three months, expounding and persuading them as to the things concerning the kingdom of God.
Acts 28:23And having appointed a day with him, many came to him into his hired house, to whom witnessing he expounded the kingdom of God, indeed persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning unto evening.
2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we have been made manifest unto God; and I hope that we have indeed been 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 →