Daniel Whedon Jesus’s second reply to his deriders The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31. Is this a parable or history? The answer depends very much upon the definition we give of a parable. The parable may be strictly a fictitious narrative, in which symbols are used to represent some other object, as the lost sheep to represent a sinner, or the mustard seed the Gospel. In this sense it is no parable; for the rich man represents not some other self or thing, but his own self; namely, a... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 16:19-31
Jesus’s second reply to his deriders The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31. Is this a parable or history? The answer depends very much upon the definition we give of a parable. The parable may be strictly a fictitious narrative, in which symbols are used to represent some other object, as the lost sheep to represent a sinner, or the mustard seed the Gospel. In this sense it is no parable; for the rich man represents not some other self or thing, but his own self; namely, a... read more