Luke 16:26

16:26 Besides all this, ¹  a great chasm ²  has been fixed between us, ³  so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’

Luke 24:21

24:21 But we had hoped ⁴  that he was the one who was going to redeem ⁵  Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.

¹ tn Grk “And in all these things.” There is no way Lazarus could carry out this request even if divine justice were not involved.

² sn The great chasm between heaven and hell is impassable forever. The rich man’s former status meant nothing now.

³ tn Grk “between us and you.”

⁴ tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

⁵ sn Their messianic hope concerning Jesus is expressed by the phrase who was going to redeem Israel.