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His whole body is in agony, yet he wants his tongue to be cooled. What's the point here?
There is a bit of a problem there. Because both Lazarus and the rich man are both spirits, the rich man doesn't have a tongue that needs cooling, and Lazarus doesn't have hands or water. The Scripture doesn't say that his body is in agony, because his body is still in the grave awaiting the second resurrection leading to the Judgment. The Scripture says, "I am in agony".
That was from Solomon's perspective. The revelation that departed spirits go to either hell or paradise was not yet revealed. The first indication that there was a paradise was when Jesus told the penitent criminal that he would be with Him in paradise. We see in Revelation that departed spirits do speak, because the spirits under the altar were asking, "How long?" as they were waiting for end when they would be reunited with glorified bodies. We also see on the Mount of Transfiguration that Jesus met with Moses and Elijah. Moses and Elijah appeared in their spirit form to talk with Jesus. Their bodies were not resurrected for that meeting.
Maybe he thought he had one that needed cooling. It's like someone whose leg has been amputated and yet feels pain in it.
