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LUKE 16:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 16:21Luke 16:23
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried — the time came when the beggar died: death is the great equalizer and the great revealer. The angels carried him to Abraham's side (kolpon Abraam, Abraham's bosom — the place of honor at the eschatological feast). The rich man also died and was buried: the burial noted for the rich man, unmentioned for Lazarus — even in death the social distinctions are maintained, only to be spectacularly reversed.

Church Fathers on Luke 16:22

We have heard how both fared on earth, let us see what their condition is among the dead. That which was temporal has passed away; that which follows is eternal. Both died; the one angels receive, the other torments; for it is said, And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels, &c. Those great sufferings are suddenly exchanged for bliss. He is carried after all his labors, because he had fainted, or at least that he might not tire by walking; and…

Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century

Now as to your thinking Abraham’s bosom to be any thing bodily, I am afraid lest you should be thought to treat so weighty a matter rather lightly than seriously. For you could never be guilty of such folly, as to suppose the corporeal bosom of one man able to hold so many souls, nay, to use your own words, so many bodies as the Angels carry thither as they did Lazarus. But perhaps you imagine that one soul to have alone deserved to come to that bosom. If you would not fall…

Augustine · 4th century

When the two men were below on earth, that is, the poor and the rich, there was one above who saw into their hearts, and by trials exercised the poor man to glory, by endurance awaited the rich man to punishment. Hence it follows, The rich man also cried.

Gregory the Great · 6th century
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