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
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
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 Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Scriptures

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