2/24/2023 0 Comments Lazarus song![]() ![]() "Can't you see I'm sorry? I will make it worth your while," seems like he is trying to bargain with Lazarus in the afterlife. He has blood on his name - my guess is Lazarus', because the beggar essentially starved to death because the rich man would not feed him - and he worries that when he dies he's going to hell because of it. It also implies that he knows Lazarus is in heaven - "Oh Lazarus, how did your debts get paid?" - despite the implication that the rich man is alive and has not yet seen Lazarus in Abraham's bosom.Īside from those inconsistencies, it's pretty straight forward. For example, "there's a reckoning a'coming, it burns beyond the grave," and, "It won't be long 'til I'm dead and gone." ![]() It seems to imply that the rich man has some sort of foresight that he is damned for not helping Lazarus, but that could just be my (mis)interpretation of the lyrics. This song seems to be from the perspective of the rich man in the parable. The moral of the story being, help those in need or burn in hell. The rest of the parable concerns the rich man asking Abraham to send Lazarus back to his brothers so they will not spend an eternity in torment as well, with Abraham's response being, "If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't be convinced even by a dead man risen," (Luke 16:31). Abraham points out that the rich man never helped Lazarus, who lived a life of suffering and is now comforted, just as the rich man lived a life of luxury and now has an eternity of suffering (Luke 16:25). When the rich man saw Lazarus in Abraham's bosom, he asked Abraham to send Lazarus to dip his finger in a well and drop the water on the rich man's tongue (Luke 16:24). Lazarus went to heaven - Abraham's bosom - and the rich man went to hell, or Hades (Luke 16:23). In time, both the beggar and the rich man died. In fact, his dogs showed more pity by licking Lazarus' sores clean (Luke 16:21). Despite living in luxury (Luke 16:19), the rich man denied Lazarus his help. This Lazarus was a beggar "covered in sores" (Luke 16:20) who laid at the gate of an unnamed rich man, longing for the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. The lesser known Lazarus is from the Gospel of Luke. The better known Lazarus is about a man risen from the dead, and the story can be found in the Gospel of John. General CommentThere are two characters named Lazarus in the bible. I got blood, I got blood, blood on my name I've got blood, I've got blood, blood on my nameĪnd the whole wide world's coming after you When the fires, when the fires are consuming youĪnd your sacred stars won't be guiding you I've got blood, I've got blood on my name When the fires, when the fires have surrounded you ![]()
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