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Luke 16:27-28

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16:27 So 1  the rich man 2  said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus 3  to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn 4  them so that they don’t come 5  into this place of torment.’

1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the rich man’s response to Abraham’s words.

2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the rich man, v. 19) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Grk “Then I beg you, father, that you send him”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 sn To warn them. The warning would consist of a call to act differently than their dead brother had, or else meet his current terrible fate.

5 tn Grk “lest they also come.”



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