Luke 16:28
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luke 16:28 in other translations
| BSB | for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’ |
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| WEB | for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’ |
| ASV | for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. |
| YLT | for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment. |
| DARBY | for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment. |
| BBE | For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain. |
| Webster | For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. |
What does Luke 16:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:27-31
27-31. Then he said--now abandoning all hope for himself. send him to my father's house, &c.--no waking up of good in the heart of the lost, but bitter reproach against God and the old economy, as not warning him sufficiently [Trench]. The answer of Abraham is, They are sufficiently warned.
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 16:28 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 16:28
- Acts 2:40
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- Psalms 49:12-13
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- Acts 20:23
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
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Context
- 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 16:29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luke 16:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque tengo cinco hermanos; para que les testifique, porque no vengan ellos también á este lugar de tormento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car j’ai cinq frères, en sorte qu’il les adjure; de peur qu’eux aussi ne viennent dans ce lieu de tourment. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn ich habe fünf Brüder, damit er ihnen ernstlich Zeugnis gebe, auf daß sie nicht auch kommen an diesen Ort der Qual. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | habeo enim quinque fratres: ut testetur illis, ne et ipsi veniant in hunc locum tormentorum. |