for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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… In another context altogether, in the story, dramatic story, of the rich man and Lazarus, I beg you, Father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torment. He speaks from hell. He says, Go back and give them a special warning. And Abraham replied, They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them. In other words, they have their Bibles. Let them pay attention to the Bible. Oh, no, Father Abraham, he said. But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent. If somebody goes and does something really dramatic, you see, then they will believe. And he said to them, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, even if someone rises from the dead. And that is the story of Judaism to this point. If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, even if the Messiah was to rise from the dead. …
… I am honored and truly overjoyed to worship God with you today. Our second reading is from the Gospel of Luke chapter 16, verses 19 through 31. Hear God's word to us today. there was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day and at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus covered with sores who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table even the dogs would come and lick his sores the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in the water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames. But Abraham said, Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted here and you are in agony. …
9. “But beside all this, there is a great gulf fixed:” — A great chasm, a vast vacuity Can any tell us what this is? What is the nature, what are the bounds, of it? Nay, none of the children of men; none but an inhabitant of the invisible world. — “So that they who would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.” Undoubtedly a disembodied spirit could pass through any space whatever. But the will of God, determining that none should go across that gulf, is a bound which no creature can pass. 10. Then he said, “I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house; for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.” (Luke 16:27, 28.) Two entirely different motives have been assigned for this extraordinary request. Some ascribe it wholly to self-love, to a fear of the bitter reproaches which, he might easily suppose, his brethren would pour upon him, if, in consequence of his example, and perhaps advice, they came to the same place of torment. Others have imputed it to a nobler motive. They suppose, as the misery of the wicked will not be complete till the day of judgment, so neither will their wickedness. Consequently, they believe that, till that time, they may retain some sparks of natural affection; and they, not improbably, imagine that this may have occasioned his desire to prevent their sharing his own torment. …