Lazarus to warn them. Abraham rebuffs the idea, in part, we might imagine, because the rich man continues to use Lazarus as an object for his own purposes, but also because it simply would not do any good. If the brothers have not listened to Moses and the prophets, why would they listen to a poor nobody who rises from the dead? What the rich man wants is a sign that carries with it no ambiguity, no possibility that it will be treated as just another opinion to take or leave. As Abraham’s answer