Luk 16:22-24 | TNotes | STEP | 16:22 carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham (literally into Abraham’s bosom ): The Greek suggests a banquet at which guests reclined around a low table (see John 13:23 ). Lazarus was taken to the messianic banquet in the Kingdom of God (see Luke 14:1-24 ).

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‏ Luke 16:22-24

16:22 ^a carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham (literally into Abraham’s bosom): The Greek suggests a banquet at which guests reclined around a low table (see John 13:23 ^b). Lazarus was taken to the messianic banquet in the Kingdom of God (see Luke 14:1-24 ^c).
16:23 ^d The place of the dead (Greek Hades) can refer to the grave (death) generally, or to the place where the wicked go after death, as here.
16:24 ^e I am in anguish in these flames: See Matt 25:41 ^f; Rev 20:10 ^g, 14-15 ^h.

• Send Lazarus: Ironically, the man was still treating Lazarus as a lowly servant.