Luke 16:26
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then he said, I pray thee therefore father,.... The Cambridge, copy of Beza's, and the Ethiopic version read, "father…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
A great gulf - The word translated “gulf” means chasm, or the broad, yawning space between two elevated objects. In this…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 16:19-31
As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, which is encouraging to us all, so this sets…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
there is a great gulf fixed Change of placeis not a possible way of producing change of soul.Dives while he still had…
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