Luk 16:20 | NET2full | STEP | But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores ,

Luke 16:20

20 But at his gate lay ^{▼▼tn The passive verb ἐβέβλητο (ebeblēto) does not indicate how Lazarus got there. Cf. BDAG 163 s.v. βάλλω 1.b, “he lay before the door”; Josephus, Ant. 9.10.2 (9.209).} a poor man named Lazarus ^{▼▼sn This is the one time in all the gospels that a figure in a parable is mentioned by name. It will become important later in the account.} whose body was covered with sores, ^{▼▼tn Or “was covered with ulcers.” The words “whose body” are implied in the context (L&N 23.180).}