Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 16:29

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

KJV

λέγει δὲ αὐτῷ Ἀβραάμ· ἔχουσι Μωϋσέα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας· ἀκουσάτωσαν αὐτῶν.

Greek NT

Et ait illi Abraham : Habent Moysen et prophetas : audiant illos.

Vulgate

But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

ASV

And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μωσεύς
moseus
noun · 81×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/NIV: δὲ | Treg: δὲ αὐτῷ | RP: αὐτῷ
  • δὲ — SBLGNT
  • δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲ αὐτῷ — Tregelles
  • αὐτῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1859Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God's law. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice. Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart133 do not diminish, but rather increase, the voluntary character of a sin.
§2831But the presence of those who hunger because they lack bread opens up another profound meaning of this petition. the drama of hunger in the world calls Christians who pray sincerely to exercise responsibility toward their brethren, both in their personal behavior and in their solidarity with the human family. This petition of the Lord's Prayer cannot be isolated from the parabl…
The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience. The light of nature and the works of creation and providence manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, but are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and of his will which is necessary unto salvation. Therefore it pleased the Lord to reveal himself…
The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience. The light of nature and the works of creation and providence so clearly demonstrate the goodness, wisdom, and power of God that people are without excuse; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and His will which is necessary for salvation. T…

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 1:19 — We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
  • Acts 15:21 — For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
  • Eccl 12:12 — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
  • Isa 8:20 — To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
  • John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  • John 5:47 — But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
  • Luke 16:16 — The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
  • Luke 24:27 — And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
  • Mal 4:4 — Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
  • Mark 8:12 — And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
  • Rom 3:2 — Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
  • Rom 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.