Note 4 at Lk. 16:23: The rich man's body was in the grave and yet this scripture speaks of him lifting up his eyes and seeing Lazarus in Abraham's bosom. The next verse also speaks of his tongue and his thirst and physical torment in the flame. This man had his physical features and senses although he was without his physical body. Revelation 6:9 speaks about John seeing the "souls of them which were slain for the word of God."

Our soul mirrors our physical shape so closely that it is recognizable (1 Sam. 28:11-14; this rich man recognized Lazarus). Lazarus' soulish body had a "tip of his finger" (v. 24) and it is probable that his soulish body was an exact duplicate of his physical body in size and shape. It probably fit perfectly inside his physical body. This could be a possible explanation of why people with amputated limbs can still, at times, sense or feel their limbs which have been amputated.

Our soul has senses such as the ability to see, hear, taste, etc. It is this ability of the soul to see and hear to which Jesus referred so many times (see note 3 and ref. k at Mt. 11:15, p. 120), and it was the eyes of the soul of Elisha's servant that were opened allowing him to see into the spiritual world (2 Ki. 6:17).

Note 5 at Lk. 16:23: There is no way that this rich man could have recognized Abraham from his personal experience. This was, rather, an imparted knowledge that everyone will receive as we enter eternity (1 Cor. 13:12). We can experience this revealed knowledge as opposed to learned knowledge, in this life, too (see note 1 at Lk. 2:26, p. 22; see note 4 at Lk. 7:40, p. 124; see notes 1-2 at Mt. 13:11-12, p. 134; see ref g at Mt. 16:17, p. 202).