#BIBLE STORY ABOUT RICH MAN AND LAZARUS FULL#

That this passage should be given such weight at all is a bit of a mystery to me for one simple reason - Namely, that the “hell” with which this passage has to do is represented by the Greek word hades which the scriptures take great care to distinguish from both the “hell” designated by the Greek word gehenna, and the “lake of fire” of the Book of Revelation. I feel obliged to provide some extended comment on the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus due to the great (and in my view wholly unwarranted) weight given to the passage by the teachers of eternal torment. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 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. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

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. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

#BIBLE STORY ABOUT RICH MAN AND LAZARUS FULL#

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Please see that page for more commentary on other passages which are set forth in order to prove the doctrine of eternal torment. Note: The following essay is an extended note written as a companion to our work A Challenge to the Doctrine of Eternal Torment.

Bible story about rich man and lazarus