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and licked his sores. 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. And in hell (hades) he lift up his eyes, being in torments, 
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazai'us in his bosom. 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 time.’ But Abraham said, ‘ Son, remember that thou in thy life 
time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now 
he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us 
and you there is a great gulf fixed; so that they who would pass from hence 
to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. 5 
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.’ Abraham saith unto him, 
* They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, 
* Nay, father Abraham ; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will 
repent.’ And he said unto him, “ If they hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.” 
According to this history, the rich man and Lazarus were both in hades , 
though in very different situations; the latter in the mansions of the happy, 
and the former in those of the wretched. Let us see how the circumstances 
mentioned, and the expressions used, in the parable, will suit this hypothesis. 
First, though they are said to be at a great distance from each other, they 
are still within sight and hearing. This would have been too gross a 
violation of probability, if the one were considered as inhabiting the highest 
heavens, and the other as placed in the infernal regions. Again, the 
expressions used, are such as entirely suit this explanation, and no other; 
for, first, the distance from each other is mentioned, but no hint that the one 
was higher in situation than the other; secondly, the terms, whereby motion 
from the one to the other is expressed, are such as are never employed in 
expressing motion to or from heaven, but, always, when the places are on a 
level, or nearly so. Thus, Lazarus, when dead, is said* uirmx§wctt, to he 
carried away , not to he carried up , by angels into Abraham’s bosom; 
whereas, it is the latter of these, or one similarly compounded, that is always 
* Luke, xvi. 22. 
