Luke 16:31
And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
30and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.
Cross References
Genesis 9:27God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'
John 11:43And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, '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 reign of God,
Acts 28:23and having appointed him a day, they came, more of them unto him, to the lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying fully the reign of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning till evening,
2 Corinthians 5:11having known, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, and to God we are manifested, and I hope also in your consciences to have been manifested;
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 →