LUKE 16:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.”
So he called to him, father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire — father Abraham: the appeal to covenant lineage that cannot help here. Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water: the rich man's first request is for Lazarus to serve him — even in torment, the social hierarchy reasserts itself. I am in agony: the extreme suffering of the eschatological torment.
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