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Andδέa certainτιςpoor manπτωχὸςnamedὀνόματιLazarusΛάζαροςhad been laidἐβέβλητοatπρὸςhis gate,τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦcovered with sores,εἱλκωμένος
Luke 16:20
Study it in the app“And a certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gate, covered with sores,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:20, word by word
- poor manπτωχὸςptōchos
poor
Someone who has nothing to live on.
Where else “ptōchos” appears- namedὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros
Lazarus
Lazarus: the brother of Martha and Mary, whom Jesus raised; also the name of the poor man in a parable.
Where else “Lazaros” appears- had been laidἐβέβλητοebeblēto
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “ebeblēto” appears- his gateπυλῶναpylōna
gateway
The gateway that leads from the street into the courtyard of a large house.
Where else “pylōna” appears- covered with soresεἱλκωμένοςheilkōmenos
be covered with sores
Be covered with sores.
Where else “heilkōmenos” appears
The context
19Now there was a certain rich man, and he used to dress in purple and fine linen, celebrating splendidly every day.
20 · This verse (above)
21and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?