Steward [ο ι κ ο ν ο μ ο ν]. From oikov, a house, and nemw, to distribute or dispense. Hence, one who assigns to the members of the household their several duties, and pays to each his wages. The paymaster. He kept the household stores under lock and seal, giving out what was required; and for this... [ Continue Reading ]
How is it that I hear this [τ ι τ ο υ τ ο α κ ο υ ω] ? Better as Rev., What is this that I hear? Give an account [α π ο δ ο ς τ ο ν λ ο γ ο ν]. Lit., "give back" [α π ο]. Rev., render. The [τ ο ν] account which is due. Aristophanes has a striking parallel : "And now give back my signet; for thou sh... [ Continue Reading ]
Taketh away. Or is taking away. He was not yet dispossessed, as is shown by what follows. I cannot [ο υ κ ι σ χ υ ω]. See on ch. Luke 14:30. "I have not strength." His luxurious life had unfitted him for hard labor. In Aristophanes (" Birds, "1431), a sycophant is asked :" Tell me, being a young ma... [ Continue Reading ]
They may receive. The debtors of his master (ver. 5).... [ Continue Reading ]
He called. Alford and Trench think that the debtors were together; but the words seem to me to indicate that he dealt with them separately. He called to him each one, and said unto the first; after that [ε π ε ι τ α] another.... [ Continue Reading ]
Measures [β α τ ο υ ς]. Lit., baths. The bath was a Hebrew measure, but the amount is uncertain, since, according to Edersheim, there were three kinds of measurement in use in Palestine : the original Mosaic, corresponding with the Roman; that of Jerusalem, which was a fifth larger; and the common G... [ Continue Reading ]
To another [ε τ ε ρ ω]. A different one with a different debt, and his circumstances demanding a different rate of discount. Measures [κ ο ρ ο υ ς]. Cors. A cor was ten baths; the dry and the fluid measures being the same.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord. Of the steward. Rev., properly, "his Lord." Commended. Admiring his shrewdness, though he himself was defrauded. Unjust steward. Lit., steward of injustice. See on forgetful hearer, James 1:25; and compare words of grace, Luke 4:22; unjust judge, Luke 18:6; son of his love, Colossians 1:... [ Continue Reading ]
Make to yourselves friends. Compare Virgil, "Aeneid," 6, 664. Among the tenants of Elysium he sees "those who, by good desert, made others mindful of them." Of the mammon of unrighteousness [ε κ τ ο υ μ α μ ω ν α τ η ς α δ ι κ ι α ς]. The same idiom as in ver. 8, steward of injustice. Compare unri... [ Continue Reading ]
That which is least. A general proposition, yet with a reference to mammon as the least of things. See next verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Faithful. Fidelity is, therefore, possible toward the unrighteous mammon.... [ Continue Reading ]
That which is another's. God 's. Riches are not ours, but given us in trust. Your own. Equivalent to the true riches. That which forms part of our eternal being - the redeemed self. Compare the parable of the Rich Fool (ch. 12 20), where the life or soul is distinguished from the possessions. "Thy... [ Continue Reading ]
Servant [ο ι κ ε τ η ς]. Properly, household servant. Serve. See on minister, Matthew 20:26. The other. See on Matthew 6:24. Hold to. See on Matthew 6:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
Covetous [φ ι λ α ρ γ υ ρ ο ι]. Rev. renders literally, according to the composition of the word, lovers of money. Only here and 2 Timothy 3:2. Compare the kindred noun, 1 Timothy 6:10. The usual word for covetous is pleonekthv (1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:10). Derided [ε... [ Continue Reading ]
Abomination. See on Matthew 24:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Presseth. Rev., entereth violently. See on Matthew 11:12. Wyc., maketh violence into it. Tynd., striveth to go in.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tittle. See on Matthew 5:18. THE PARABLE OF DIVES AND LAZARUS. Peculiar to Luke. 19 - 31.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was clothed. Imperfect, and frequentative; denoting his habitual attire. Purple (porfuran). Originally the purple fish from which the color was obtained, and thence applied to the color itself. Several kinds of these were found in the Mediterranean. The color was contained in a vein about the neck.... [ Continue Reading ]
Beggar. See on poor, Matthew 5:3. Lazarus. Abbreviated from 'Eleazarov, Eleazar, and meaning God a help. "It is a striking evidence of the deep impression which this parable has made on the mind of Christendom, that the term lazar should have passed into so many languages as it has, losing altogeth... [ Continue Reading ]
Desiring [ε π ι θ υ μ ω ν]. Eagerly, and not receiving what he desired. The same thing is implied in the story of the prodigal, where the same word is used, "he would fain have been filled" (ch. 14 16), but the pods did not satisfy his hunger. The crumbs that fell [τ ω ν π ι π τ ο ν τ ω ν]. Lit., t... [ Continue Reading ]
Abraham's bosom. A Rabbinical phrase, equivalent to being with Abraham in Paradise. "To the Israelite Abraham seems the personal center and meeting - point of Paradise" (Goebel).... [ Continue Reading ]
Hell. Rev., Hades. Where Lazarus also was, but in a different region. See on Matthew 16:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cool [κ α τ α ψ υ χ ε ι ν]. Only here in New Testament. Common in medical language. See on ch. Luke 21:26. Compare the exquisite passage in Dante, where Messer Adamo, the false coiner, horribly mutilated, and in the lowest circle of Malebolge, says : " I had, while living, much of what I wished; An... [ Continue Reading ]
Son [τ ε κ ν ο ν]. Lit., child. Receivedst [α π ε λ α β ε ς]. Received back [α π ο] as a reward or quittance. Compare ch. Luke 6:34; Luke 18:30; Luke 23:41. Gulf [χ α σ μ α]. From caskw, to yawn. Transcribed into the English chasm. In medical language, of the cavities in a wound or ulcer. Is fixe... [ Continue Reading ]
Send him to my father's house. Compare Dante, where Ciacco, the glutton, says to Dante : "But when thou art again in the sweet world, I pray thee to the mind of others bring me." Inferno, 6, 88.... [ Continue Reading ]
Be persuaded. Dives had said, "they will repent." Abraham replies, "they will not be even persuaded." Though one rose. Dives had said, "if one went." From the dead [ε κ ν ε κ ρ ω ν]. Dives had said from the dead, but using a different preposition [α π ο]. It is wellnigh impossible to give the Engli... [ Continue Reading ]