Luc 16:29

29 Abraham lui répondit: Ils ont Moïse et les prophètes; qu'ils les écoutent.

Luc 16:29 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 16:29

Abraham said unto him.
&c.] In reply to this his request:

they have Moses and the prophets;
that is, their writings; which shows this man, and his five brethren, to be Jews; for to them were the oracles of God committed; and these had the writings of Moses and the prophets read to them every sabbath day; and is true, whether the contemporaries and immediate successors of the Pharisees are meant, or the ten tribes: and also shows, that one view of the parable, is to establish the authority of these writings; see ( Luke 16:16 Luke 16:17 ) and that it is a peculiar privilege to have them; and that they ought to be attended to and regarded;

let them hear them;
for they testified concerning Christ, and concerning the sins of the Jews, and the calamities, both temporal and eternal, that should come upon them; and which, testimony was sufficient to leave them without excuse: and indeed, the word of God, read, explained, and heard, is the ordinary means of conversion, or of bringing men to faith and repentance.

Luc 16:29 In-Context

27 Et le riche dit: Je te prie donc, père Abraham, d'envoyer Lazare dans la maison de mon père

28 (Car j'ai cinq frères), pour leur attester ces choses, de peur qu'ils ne viennent aussi dans ce lieu de tourments.

29 Abraham lui répondit: Ils ont Moïse et les prophètes; qu'ils les écoutent.

30 Le riche dit: Non, père Abraham; mais si quelqu'un des morts va vers eux, ils se repentiront.

31 Et Abraham lui dit: S'ils n'écoutent pas Moïse et les prophètes, ils ne seraient pas non plus persuadés, quand même l'un des morts ressusciterait.