Quotes & Notes on:
Luke
16:31
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John Wesley, Notes On the New Testament (1755):
Truly to repent: for this implies
an entire change of heart: but a thousand apparitions cannot, effect
this. God only can, applying his word.
- Reginald Fuller's
Preaching the Lectionary (1984):
Those who are unmoved by the message of Scripture will not be convicned
by a miracle either, even by a resurrection.
- Fuller, p.508
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William Baird,
Interpreter's Commentary, 1971:
[The parable] points out that the law, which has just been under discussion,
is understood better by the religiously disenfranchised than by the supercilious
Pharisees.
- Interpreter's, p. 695
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J. McNicol, The New Bible
Commentary, 1954:
To
be posted.
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I.H. Marshall, The New
Bible Commentary, 1970:
To
be posted.
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David Guzik,
Study Guide:
To
be posted.
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Chuck Smith,
Study Guide:
To be posted.
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Catechism of the Catholic
Church:
Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart do not diminish, but rather increase,
the voluntary character of sin.
- Catholic Catechism, para. 1859 .
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The drama of hunger in the world calls Christians who pray sincerely to
exercise responsibility toward their brethren, both in their personal behavior
and in their solidarity with the human family. This petition of the
Lord's Prayer ["Give us this day our daily bread"] cannot be isolated from
the parables of the poor man Lazarus and of the Last Judgment.
- Catholic Catechism, para. 2831
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J. Norval Geldenhuys,
Bible Expositor, 1960:
To
be posted.
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Abingdon Bible Commentary
(1929):
To
be posted.
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D.D. Whedon, Commentary
on Luke, 1866:
To
be posted.
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Joseph Parker, People's
Bible, 1901:
To
be posted.
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Anchor Bible:
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Those who reject or care not about God's word in "Moses and the prophets"
will not be moved by the testimony of such a messenger even from death's
realm.
- Fitzmyer, Joseph A., Trans.,
Anchor
Bible, Vol. Luke X-XXIV, p.1135 -
The Fourfold Gospel:
These words might sound like an
overstatement of the obduracy of unbelief were they not amply verified
by the literal facts. Jesus had already raised at least two from the
dead as witnesses to his divine power, and he was about to raise a
third, who, with startling suggestiveness, would bear this very name of
Lazarus. But despite all these witnesses the majority of the Jews
disbelieved and continued to disbelieve in him; nay, they even went so
far as to seek the death of Lazarus that they might be rid of his
testimony (Joh 12:10). This is also a reference to Jesus' own
resurrection. It is true that he did not appear in person to those who
disbelieved in him, but they had clear knowledge of his resurrection (Mt
28:11-15), and it was considered as proved to all men (Ac 17:31).
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* Moses Joh 5:45-47
* neither. Joh 11:43-53; 12:10,11; 2Co 4:3
* be persuaded. Ge 9:27*marg:| Ac 19:8; 26:28; 28:23; 2Co 5:11
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Robertson's Word Pictures: Neither
will they be persuaded (oud' peisthêsontai). First future passive of
peithô. Gressmann calls attention to the fact that Jesus is saying this
in the conclusion of the parable. It is a sharp discouragement against
efforts today to communicate with the dead. "Saul was not led to
repentance when he saw Samuel at Endor nor were the Pharisees when they
saw Lazarus come forth from the tomb. The Pharisees tried to put Lazarus
to death and to explain away the resurrection of Jesus" (Plummer).
Alford comments on the curious fact that Lazarus was the name of the one
who did rise from the dead but whose return from the dead "was the
immediate exciting cause of their (Pharisees) crowning act of unbelief."
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William Burkitt's Notes:
A very awakening text this is, which speaks
dreadfully to persons sitting all their days under the ministry of the
gospel, and yet find not their understandings enlightened, their
judgments convinced, their wills subdued, and their lives reformded by
it. Were it possible for such persons to see one come from the dead,
yea, from the damned, with the flames of hell about his ears, wringing
his hands, and gnashing his teeth, bewailing his misery, and beseeching
them to take warning by his example, and in time to acquaint themselves
with God, and be at peace; all this would have no farther effect upon
them, than to move their passions a little for the present, while the
dreadful sound is in their ears: the ordinances of God and not his
providences, are the instituted and appointed means for men's conversion
and salvation.
Note then, 1. That no visions or apparitions, no new revelations
concerning eternal rewards and punishments, are to be expected from the
other world, in order to men's conversion and salvation.
Note, 2. That the word of God dispensed to us, and the ordinary means of
grace enjoyed by us, are more conducible and effectual means to persuade
men to repentance, than if one should arise from the dead, and preach
unto us. A messenger from the dead cannot bring with him either a more
necessary doctrine, or a more certain and infallible doctrine, nor bring
with him better arguments for our conviction, than what the scriptures
do propound for our consideration; nor can we expect a greater
co-operation of the Holy Spirit, or a greater concurrence of divine
power, to render a message from the dead more effectual, than does
ordinarily attend the ministry of the word.
Henceforward then, let us not wonder, if when a drunkard drops down dead
upon the spot, the companions say one to another, Drink on; if sinners
daily tumble one another into the grave, without considering the
operation of God's hand; this, to those that consider this text, will
not seem strange; For if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be converted, though hundreds of sinners before their eyes
drop down dead: nay, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
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Family Bible Notes:
Neither will they be persuaded;
persuaded to repent.
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
No comment on this verse.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
Neither will they be persuaded, etc. This
was demonstrated in the case of Jesus himself. The Jews refused to
accept Christ, though Moses and the prophets testified of him. They
asked for a sign, and "the sign of the prophet Jonah" [Mt 12:39; 16:4;
Lu 11:29,30], his resurrection from the dead, was given. Still they
refused to repent. Unbelief is due, not to a lack of evidence, but to a
rebellious heart. The seat of skepticism is in the moral nature.
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
Be persuaded. Be convinced of the truth; of the danger and folly
of their way; of the certainty of their suffering hereafter, and be
induced to turn from sin to holiness, and from Satan unto God.
From this impressive and instructive parable we may learn--
1st. That the souls of men do not die with their bodies.
2nd. That the soul is conscious after death; that it does not sleep, as
some have supposed, till the morning of the resurrection.
3rd. That the righteous are taken to a place of happiness immediately at
death, and the wicked consigned at once to misery.
4th. That wealth does not secure from death.
"How vain are riches to secure Their haughty owners from the grave !"
The rich, the beautiful, the gay, as well as the poor, go down to the
grave. All their pomp and apparel, all their honours, their palaces, and
their gold cannot save them. Death can as easily find his way into the
splendid mansions of the rich as into the cottages of the poor; and the
rich shall turn to the same corruption, and soon, like the poor, be
undistinguished from common dust and be unknown.
5th. We should not envy the condition of the rich.
"On slippery rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
"Now let them boast how tall they rise, I'll never envy them again;
There they may stand with haughty eyes, Till they plunge deep in endless
pain.
"Their fancied joys how fast they flee! Like dreams, as fleeting and as
vain; Their songs of softest harmony Are but a prelude to their pain."
6th. We should strive for a better inheritance than can be possessed in
this life.
"Now I esteem their mirth and wine Too dear to purchase with my blood:
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine-- My life, my portion, and my God."
7th. The sufferings of the wicked in hell will be indescribably great.
Think what is represented by torment; by burning flame; by insupportable
thirst; by that state where a single drop of water would afford relief.
Remember that all this is but a representation of the pains of the
damned, and that this will have no intermission day or night, but will
continue from year to year, and age to age, without any end, and you
have a faint view of the sufferings of those who are in hell.
8th. There is a place of sufferings beyond the grave--a hell. If there
is not, then this parable has no meaning. It is impossible to make
anything of it unless it be designed to teach that.
9th. There will never be any escape from those gloomy regions. There is
a gulf fixed-:fixed, not movable. Nor can any of the damned beat a
pathway across this gulf to the world of holiness.
10th. We see the amazing folly of those who suppose there may be an end
to the sufferings of the wicked, and who, on that supposition, seem
willing to go down to hell to suffer a long time, rather than go at once
to heaven. If man were to suffer but a thousand years, or even one year,
why should he be so foolish as to choose that suffering rather than go
at once to heaven, and be happy at once when he dies?
11th. God gives us sufficient warning to prepare for death. He has sent
his Word, his servants, his Son; he warns us by his Spirit and his
providence; by the entreaties of our friends and by the death of
sinners; he offers us heaven, and he threatens hell. If all this will
not move sinners, what would do it? There is nothing that would.
12th. God will give us nothing farther to warn us. No dead man will come
to life to tell us of what he has seen. If he did, we would not believe
him. Religion appeals to man not by ghosts and frightful apparitions. It
appeals to their reason, their conscience, their hopes, their fears. It
sets life and death soberly before men, and if they will not choose the
former, they must die. If you will not hear the Son of God and the
warnings of the Scriptures, there is nothing which you will or can hear.
You will never be persuaded, and will never escape the place of torment.
{v} "If they hear not" 2Co 4:3
{w} "neither will they be persuaded" Joh 12:10,11
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
No comment on this verse.
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Spurgeon Devotional
Commentary:
If the Word of God and the ministry of the
gospel be not enough to convert men, there is no hope for them; even a
preacher sent from the eternal world would have no power over them, they
would scorn his message. Are any of us unsaved? Let us see our
condition, and yield to the gospel's call. However happy our life may be
in this world, it were better for us that we had never been born than
that we should live and die unsaved. O Eternity, Eternity! What must it
be to lose thy heavenly joys! What must it be to sink into thine
infinite woes!
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Adam Clarke's Commentary: If
they hear not Moses, &c.] This answer of Abraham contains two remarkable
propositions. 1. That the sacred writings contain such proofs of a
Divine origin, that though all the dead were to arise, to convince an
unbeliever of the truths therein declared, the conviction could not be
greater, nor the proof more evident, of the divinity and truth of these
sacred records, than that which themselves afford. 2. That to escape
eternal perdition, and get at last into eternal glory, a man is to
receive the testimonies of God, and to walk according to their dictates.
And these two things show the sufficiency and perfection of the sacred
writings. What influence could the personal appearance of a spirit have
on an unbelieving and corrupted heart? None, except to terrify it for
the moment, and afterwards to leave it ten thousand reasons for
uncertainty and doubt. Christ caused this to be exemplified, in the most
literal manner, by raising Lazarus from the dead. And did this convince
the unbelieving Jews? No. They were so much the more enraged; and from
that moment conspired both the death of Lazarus and of Christ! Faith is
satisfied with such proofs as God is pleased to afford! Infidelity never
has enow. See a Sermon on this subject, by the author of this work.
To make the parable of the unjust steward still more profitable, let
every man consider:-
1. That God is his master, and the author of all the good he enjoys,
whether it be spiritual or temporal.
2. That every man is only a steward, not a proprietor of those things.
3. That all must give an account to God, how they have used or abused
the blessings with which they have been entrusted.
4. That the goods which God has entrusted to our care are goods of body
and soul: goods of nature and grace: of birth and education: His word,
Spirit, and ordinances: goods of life, health, genius, strength,
dignity, riches; and even poverty itself is often a blessing from the
hand of God.
5. That all these may be improved to God's honour, our good, and our
neighbour's edification and comfort.
6. That the time is coming in which we shall be called to an account
before God, concerning the use we have made of the good things with
which he has entrusted us.
7. That we may, even now, be accused before our Maker, of the awful
crime of wasting our Lord's substance.
8. That if this crime can be proved against us, we are in immediate
danger of being deprived of all the blessings which we have thus abused,
and of being separated from God and the glory of his power for ever.
9. That on hearing of the danger to which we are exposed, though we
cannot dig to purchase salvation, yet we must beg, incessantly beg, at
the throne of grace for mercy to pardon all that is past.
10. That not a moment is to be lost: the arrest of death may have gone
out against us; and this very night-hour-minute, our souls may be
required of us. Let us therefore learn wisdom from the prudent despatch
which a worldly-minded man would use to retrieve his ruinous
circumstances; and watch and pray, and use the little spark of the
Divine light which yet remains, but which is ready to die, that we may
escape the gulf of perdition, and obtain some humble place in the heaven
of glory. Our wants are pressing; God calls loudly; and eternity is at
hand!
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:
No comment on this verse.
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Hymns
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Be Thou My Vision
- It has the line: "Riches I heed not."
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God of Grace and God of Glory
- generally appropriate for our circumstances
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God Whose Giving Knows no Ending
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"He is King of Kings" -
refers to I Tim 6:15-16
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Fight the Good Fight
- refers to I Tim. 6:12
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I'll Praise My Maker -
a version of Psalm 146
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Within Your Shelter, Loving God
- a version of Psalm 91
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On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
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I've Found a Friend
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O Jesus I Have Promised
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Take My Life and Let It Be
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