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In the biblical story of "the rich man and Lazarus" how did the rich man recognize Abraham?

I wonder how he could recognize Abraham. He's on fire in the underworld and looks across the void and sees Lazarus and somehow knows that it's Abraham that Lazarus is standing with. Jesus never says how he knew Abraham, but it makes no sense to me that he was able to recognize him. They didn't live in the same time period, and there definitely wasn't any pictures of him. Maybe there was paintings but since the bible never describes his appearance, how would anyone that didn't know Abraham personally know what he looked like? Maybe in hell you know everything about everyone that you see, idk it's a mystery lol. Or maybe this is just evidence that this wasn't a real story. Just another parable told by Jesus to show that money isn't everything.
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DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
First of all, the scripture was not written to pacify your greed, hunger or desire. They did not know that if they will fake it with how people looked, then The Bible would look more genuine. But That to me, would be a FAKE description. Bible is extraordinarily silent on looks. That is why, it's the truest scripture, not color coded.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@DanielsASJ
Bible is extraordinarily silent on looks. That is why, it's the truest scripture, not color coded.
The biblical fairytale recognizes Black people.