the angels. The Pharisees taught that there were three sets of angels for wicked men; and others for good men. See Luk_16:18; and Lightfoot, Works, vol. xii, pp. 159-61.
Abraham's bosom. The Pharisees taught that there were three places: (1) Abraham's bosom; (2) "under the throne of glory"; (3) in the garden of Eden(Greek. Paradise). Speaking of death, they would say "this day he sits in Abraham's bosom". Lightfoot, Works, vol. xii, pp. 159-63.
and was buried 23. in hell. Tatian (e. D. 170), the Vulgate and Syriac, omit the second "and", and read, "and was buried in Hades".