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hell. Greek. Hades = the grave. See App-131.
lift up = having lifted up. Compare similar imagery in Jdg_9:7-15. Isa_14:9-11.
being = being there. See note on "were", Luk_16:14.
torments. Greek. basanos. Occurs only here, Luk_16:28, and Mat_4:24.
afar off = from (Greek. apo. App-104.) afar.
seeth . . . Lazarus. The Pharisees taught that in life two men may be "coupled together", and one sees the other after death, and conversations take place. See Lightfoot, quoted above.