And in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and seeing Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
In hell the soul of a certain man is in torment, punished in flames, suffering excruciating thirst, and imploring from the finger of a happier soul, for his tongue, the solace of a drop of water.
Thus it happens that the rich man in hell has a tongue and poor (Lazarus) a finger and Abraham a bosom.
"is said to separate those regions, and to hinder a passage from one to the other. Besides, the rich man could not have "lifted up his eyes"
