Luke 16:28
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That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

lest.

Psalm 49:12,13 And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them. . . .

Context
The Rich Man and Lazarus
27And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, 28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. 29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.…
Cross References
Luke 16:27
And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,

Acts 2:40
And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

Acts 8:25
And they indeed, having testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem: and preached the gospel to many countries of the Samaritans.

Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:23
Save that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesseth to me, saying: That bands and afflictions wait for me at Jerusalem.

Acts 20:24
But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 23:11
And the night following, the Lord standing by him, said: Be constant: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Acts 26:22
But being aided by the help of God, I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other thing than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come to pass:

Acts 28:23
And when they had appointed him a day, there came very many to him unto his lodgings. To whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.

Galatians 5:3
And I testify again to every man circumcising himself that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Ephesians 4:17
This then I say and testify in the Lord: That henceforward you walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind:

1 Thessalonians 2:11
As you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you (as a father doth his children),

1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man overreach nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before and have testified.

Lexicon
for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

I have
ἔχω (echō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

brothers.
ἀδελφούς (adelphous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

Let him warn
διαμαρτύρηται (diamartyrētai)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1263: To give solemn evidence, testify (declare) solemnly. From dia and martureo; to attest or protest earnestly, or hortatively.

them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

so
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they
αὐτοὶ (autoi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

will not also end up
ἔλθωσιν (elthōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

this
τοῦτον (touton)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

place
τόπον (topon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5117: Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard.

of torment.’
βασάνου (basanou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 931: Torture, torment, examination by torture. Perhaps remotely from the same as basis; a touch-stone, i.e. torture.


Additional Translations
for I have five brothers. Let him warn them so they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

for I have five brothers--so that he might warn them, that they also might not come to this place of torment.'

For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
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