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Abraham's Bosom

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Abraham's Bosom In Jesus' parable of Dives and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19–31) both characters die, and in the abode of the dead, which is divided into compartments separated by a chasm, Lazarus is imagined to be enjoying a place of honour with the patriarch Abraham. As is clear from the Beloved Disciple's position ‘in the bosom’ (AV) of Jesus at the Last Supper (John 13: 23), this was where the chief guest would sit at a meal.

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Abraham's bosom

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Abraham's bosom (Heb., be-heiko shel Avraham). An expression indicating the location of righteous souls. It led to the famous ‘malapropism’ of the Hostess in Shakespeare's Henry V: ‘Nay, sure he's [Falstaff] not in hell; he's in Arthur's bosom, if ever a man went to Arthur's bosom.’

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JOHN BOWKER. "Abraham's bosom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Abrahamsbosom.html

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