Lukas 16:31

31 Er sprach aber zu ihm: Wenn sie Moses und die Propheten nicht hören, so werden sie auch nicht überzeugt werden, wenn jemand aus den Toten aufersteht.

Lukas 16:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 16:31

And he said unto him.
&c.] That is, Abraham said unto him, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it:

if they hear not Moses and the prophets;
as they did not, nor regarded what they said of Christ, but disbelieved both him and them:

neither will they be persuaded:
or brought to repent and believe;

though one rose from the dead;
as Christ did; whose resurrection, the truth of it they endeavoured to baffle, stifle, and suppress: this was the sign Christ gave them, of the truth of his Messiahship; and yet they repented not of what they had done to him, that they might believe in him; but remained still in their impenitence and infidelity, and so died. This shows the regard that ought to be had to the written word, as read, or preached; and that it is a sad sign of a desperate condition, when men reject divine revelation. Beza's ancient copy adds, "and should go unto them".

Lukas 16:31 In-Context

29 Abraham aber spricht zu ihm: Sie haben Moses und die Propheten; mögen sie dieselben hören.

30 Er aber sprach: Nein, Vater Abraham, sondern wenn jemand von den Toten zu ihnen geht, so werden sie Buße tun.

31 Er sprach aber zu ihm: Wenn sie Moses und die Propheten nicht hören, so werden sie auch nicht überzeugt werden, wenn jemand aus den Toten aufersteht.