Citations:Abraham's bosom


 * 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 16:22
 * And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom


 * 1625, James Ussher, The Whole Works
 * And therefore poor Lazarus was by the angels lifted up into Abraham's bosom." "Behold" that poor man abounding with all good things; whom the blessed ...


 * 1758, Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest
 * But thy Lord assures thee that the soul of a Lazarus hath a convoy of angels to carry it into Abraham's bosom. Shall a drunkard be so merry among his cups, ...


 * 1824, The Christian Examiner and General Review
 * The beggar is carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. ... It is here alluded to in the expression, that Lazarus was carried to Abraham's bosom. ...


 * 1849, Lancelot Andrewes, Ninety-six Sermons
 * Moriatur anima mea, his soul should go straight to Abraham's bosom for all that; and so, in effect, to deny Abraham's consequence. ...


 * 1872, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Sermons
 * And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted ...


 * 2001, André Vauchez, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
 * But, despite the ideas of some authors like Tertullian, it would be wrong to make Abraham's bosom a neutral place, without reward or punishment, ...


 * 2006, John Wesley, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
 * higher than this, till you are carried into Abraham's bosom." I say yet again, beware of enthusiasm. Such is, the imagining you have the gift of ...