Abraham says they have Moses and the Prophets

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"Abraham says they have Moses and the Prophets" is a key line from Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus that emphasizes the sufficiency of the Hebrew Scriptures as a warning and guide for repentance.

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Abraham says they have Moses and the Prophets canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical quotation ⓘ
New Testament passage ⓘ
Saying of Abraham in a parable ⓘ
addressee Rich man ⓘ
appearsIn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Luke 16:29 ⓘ
attributedTo Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
linked to: Jesus
audienceWithinStory Rich man’s five brothers (indirectly) ⓘ
book Luke ⓘ
canonicalStatus Part of the Christian biblical canon ⓘ
chapter 16 ⓘ
contrastWith Request for someone to rise from the dead to warn the brothers ⓘ
genre Parabolic discourse ⓘ
implies Miraculous signs are not necessary if Scripture is ignored ⓘ
Moral accountability based on existing revelation ⓘ
Scripture is a sufficient warning for repentance ⓘ
interpretiveEmphasis Sufficiency of the Hebrew Scriptures as warning and guide for repentance ⓘ
isPartOf Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus ⓘ
language Koine Greek (original text) ⓘ
literaryRole Key theological climax of the parable ⓘ
moralFocus Responsibility of the living to respond to God’s word ⓘ
narrativeFunction Justification for not sending Lazarus to warn the rich man’s brothers ⓘ
Response to the rich man’s request for a miraculous warning ⓘ
refersTo Hebrew Scriptures ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Law and the Prophets ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
The Prophets ⓘ
religiousTradition Biblical Judaism (as depicted in the text) ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
scripturalCategory Teaching about Law and Prophets ⓘ
setting Afterlife scene in Hades ⓘ
speaker Abraham ⓘ
testament New Testament ⓘ
theme Authority of the Hebrew Scriptures ⓘ
Call to repentance ⓘ
Human responsibility to heed God’s word ⓘ
Sufficiency of Scripture ⓘ
usedFor Homiletic and doctrinal exposition in Christian preaching ⓘ
Teaching about repentance ⓘ
Teaching about the authority of Scripture ⓘ
verseRange 29–31 (immediate context) ⓘ

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Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus → includesResponse → Abraham says they have Moses and the Prophets ⓘ