There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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Gill's Exposition
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,.... By whom is designed, not any particular beggar in the times of Christ, that went by this name; though there were such persons in Israel, and in the…
Barnes' Notes
There was a certain rich man - Many have supposed that our Lord here refers to a “real history,” and gives an account of some man who had lived in this manner; but of this there is no evidence. The…
Adam Clarke
There was a certain rich man - In the Scholia of some MSS. the name of this person is said to be Ninive. This account of the rich man and Lazarus is either a parable or a real history. If it be a…
As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, which is encouraging to us all, so this sets before us the wrath to come, and is designed for our awakening; and very fast…
Cambridge Bible
There was a certain rich man He is left nameless, perhaps to imply that hisname was not "written in heaven" (Luk 10:20). Legend gives him the name Nimeusis.Dives is simply the Latin for -a rich man."…
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