Note 92 — XXVI. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.
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From the introduction of a new subject abruptly in the 18th verse—the much agitated question regarding a man’s right to put away his wife—I think it probable that the interruption had been repeated and continued; that it took the form of a dialogue, the Pharisees throwing in what they considered a damaging question, and Jesus giving an answer by turns—a scene which is frequently repeated in modern missions among the heathen.[92]