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[Doreenbeatrice]

The Bible (Luke 16) does not mention the rich man's name, so how do Answerbank members know that he was called Divas?

[JandyAF]

Presumably because the Latin for rich man is dives. Look up 'dives rich man' in Wikipedia.

[elliemay1]

The Gospel of Luke (Luke 16:19–31) tells of the relationship, in life and in death, between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. The traditional name, Dives, is not actually a name, but instead a word for "rich man",[1] dives, in the text of the Latin Bible, the Vulgate.[2] The rich man was also given the names Neuēs (i.e. Nineveh)[3] and Fineas (i.e. Phineas)[4] in the 3rd and 4th centuries.[1]