Luke 16:27
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
Luke 16:27 in other translations
| BSB | ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house, |
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| WEB | “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house— |
| ASV | And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house; |
| YLT | ‘And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father, |
| DARBY | And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father, |
| BBE | And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house; |
| Webster | Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house: |
What does Luke 16:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:27-31
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
May testify unto them. May bear witness to them, or may inform them of what is my situation, and the dreadful consequences of the life that I have led. It is remarkable that he did not ask to go himself. He knew that he could not be released, even for so short a time. His condition was fixed. Yet he had no wish that his friends should suffer, and he supposed that if one went from the dead they would hear him.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 16:19-31
Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or oppression; but Christ shows, that a man may have a great deal of the wealth, pomp, and pleasure of this world, yet perish for ever under God's wrath and curse. The sin of this rich man was his providing for himself only…
Luke 16:27 in the original Greek
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Context
- Luke 16:26
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
- Luke 16:27
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
- Luke 16:28
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luke 16:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo: Ruégote pues, padre, que le envíes á la casa de mi padre; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit: Je te prie donc, père, de l’envoyer dans la maison de mon père, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er sprach aber: Ich bitte dich nun, Vater, daß du ihn in das Haus meines Vaters sendest, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait: Rogo ergo te, pater, ut mittas eum in domum patris mei: |