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.

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