Luke 16:29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luke 16:29 in other translations
| BSB | But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’ |
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| WEB | “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ |
| ASV | But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. |
| YLT | ‘Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; |
| DARBY | But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them. |
| BBE | But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say. |
| Webster | Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. |
What does Luke 16:29 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.
Barnes' Notes
The prophets. The remainder of the Old Testament. What the prophets had written.
Hear them. Hear them speak in the Scriptures. Read them, or hear them read in the synagogues, and attend to what they have delivered.
(u) "They have Moses and the prophets" Is 34:16, Jn 5:39
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 16:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 16:29
- Acts 15:21
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
- Luke 16:16
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
- Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- 2 Timothy 3:15-17
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
- 2 Peter 1:19-21
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 17:11-12
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
- Malachi 4:2-4
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
- John 5:39-47
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. …
- Isaiah 34:16
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
- Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
- Luke 4:17
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16; Isa 8:20; 34:16; Mal 4:2-4; Joh 5:39-45; Ac 15:21; 17:11,12
2Ti 3:15-17; 2Pe 1:19-21
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Context
- 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 16:30
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Abraham le dice: A Moisés y á los profetas tienen: óiganlos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais Abraham lui dit: Ils ont Moïse et les prophètes; qu’ils les écoutent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Abraham aber spricht zu ihm: Sie haben Moses und die Propheten; laß sie die hören. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait illi Abraham: Habent Moysen et prophetas: audiant illos. |