Luke 16 · Verse 30

Luke 16:30

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:30, King James Version

Luke 16:30 in other translations

BSB‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
WEB“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
ASVAnd he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.
YLTand he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.
DARBYBut he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.
BBEAnd he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.
WebsterAnd he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.

What does Luke 16:30 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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 30. Nay. No. They will not hear Moses and the prophets. They have heard them so long in vain, that there is no prospect now that they will attend to the message; but if one should go to them directly from the eternal world they would hear him. The novelty of the message would attract their attention, and they would listen to what he would say.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 If one went to them from the dead, etc. - Many are desirous to see an inhabitant of the other world, and converse with him, in order to know what passes there. Make way! Here is a damned soul, which Jesus Christ has evoked from the hell of fire! Hear him! Hear him tell of his torments! Hear him utter his regrets! "But we cannot see him." No: God has, in his mercy, spared you for the present this punishment. How could you bear the sight of this damned spirit? Your very nature would fail at the appearance. Jesus keeps him as it were behind the curtain, and holds a conversation with him in your hearing, which you have neither faith nor courage sufficient to hold with him yourselves.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…

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Luke 16:30 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁho<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
εἶπεν·eipenhe said;G2036
οὐχί,ouchiNo,G3780
πάτερpaterfatherG3962
Ἀβραάμ,AbraamAbraham,G11
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235
ἐάνeanifG1437
τιςtisoneG5100
ἀπὸapofromG575
νεκρῶνnekrōn[the] deadG3498
πορευθῇporeuthēashall goG4198
πρὸςprostoG4314
αὐτούς,autousthem,G846
μετανοήσουσιν.metanoēsousinthey will repent.G3340

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 16:30

  • Revelation 16:9-11

    And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

  • Luke 16:24

    And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

  • Luke 3:8

    Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Luke 13:5

    I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

  • Luke 13:3

    I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
repent.
13:3,5; Re 16:9-11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 16:31

    And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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Luke 16:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El entonces dijo: No, padre Abraham: mas si alguno fuere á ellos de los muertos, se arrepentirán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais il dit: Non, père Abraham; mais si quelqu’un va des morts vers eux, ils se repentiront.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er aber sprach: Nein, Vater Abraham, sondern wenn jemand von den Toten zu ihnen geht, so werden sie Buße tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		At ille dixit: Non, pater Abraham: sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos, pœnitentiam agent.