And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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Gill's Exposition
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs,.... The offal food, broken bread, fragments of meat: that food which falls from the knife, or plate, in eating, and from thence on the ground; and literally…
Beggar - Poor man. The original word does not mean “beggar,” but simply that he was “poor.” It should have been so translated to keep up the contrast with the “rich man.” Named Lazarus - The word…
Adam Clarke
There was a certain beggar named Lazarus - His name is mentioned, because his character was good, and his end glorious; and because it is the purpose of God that the righteous shall be had in…
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
named Lazarus Lazarus is not from lo ezer, -no help," i.e. -forsaken," but from Eli ezer,-helped of God," Gotthilf.It is contracted from the commoner Eleazar. This is the only parable in which a…
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