Translation commentary on Luke 16:30

Exegesis:

ouchi ‘no,’ i.e. they will not listen to Moses and the prophets.

all’ ean tis apo nekrōn poreuthē pros autous metanoēsousin ‘but if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ For apo nekrōn (going with poreuthē, not with tis) cf. on 9.7. For metanoeō cf. on 10.13 and reference there.

Translation:

Goes to them from the dead, or, ‘goes to them from the-midst-of the dead’ (Bahasa Indonesia KB), ‘visits them from the land of the dead, or, from where the dead are.’

Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.

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