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Luke 16:26

King James Version (KJV)

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Luke 16:26

Verse 26 of 31

Scripture focus

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 16:26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 16:26

Theological / Devotional

Besides all this. Abraham’s answer to the rich man’s plea consists of two parts. In the first (v. 25) Abraham virtually declares that it would not be right to grant the request, and in the second (v. 26) he points out that the arrangements of the future life make it impossible to do so.

Gulf. Gr. chasma, “a chasm,” or “a gaping opening,” from chaino, “to yawn.” The “gulf” represents the difference in moral character between the rich man and Lazarus (see COL 269). That it is “fixed” emphasizes the fact that after death character cannot be changed. It is too late to change it (see Isa. 26:10). This chasm that barred the rich man from the bliss of “Abraham’s bosom” had been formed in the present life, by his own neglect to make proper use of opportunities then afforded for forming the right kind of character (see COL 271).

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