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Lúkasarguðspjall 19:20
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- CondensedBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lord: Luke 19:13, Luke 3:9, Luke 6:46, Proverbs 26:13-16, Matthew 25:24, James 4:17
Reciprocal: Matthew 25:18 - and hid Luke 16:1 - wasted Luke 19:37 - at
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And another came,.... Who was one of the servants; had a gift, but did not use, and improve it, nor did it turn to any account:
saying, Lord; owning also the lordship and dominion of Christ, as all will confess at the last day, even those who have no interest in him, and cannot call him their Lord;
behold, [here is] thy pound; he owns his gifts were the Lord's, and that he had received them from him, and now returns them:
which I have kept; he had kept that which was committed to him, and that even till his Lord came; he had not lost it, though it was not increased, or was of any advantage to Christ, or the souls of men, it being neglected by him; for it was
laid up in a napkin: the Greek word, here used for a napkin, is adopted by the Jews into their language, and is used for a veil and for a linen cloth: this puts me in mind of what the Jews call,
קנין סודר "possession by a napkin", or linen cloth: their custom is this; when they buy, or sell any thing, to use a piece of cloth they call "sudar", the word in the text, which the contractors lay hold upon, whereby they ratify and confirm the bargain m: but this man made no use of his "sudar", or napkin, in buying and selling; he traded not at all; he wrapped up his money in it, and both lay useless; his gift lay dormant and unexercised, which was given him to profit withal.
m Elias in Tisbbi in voce קנין.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A napkin - A towel. He means by it that he had not wasted it nor thrown it by carelessly, but had been “very careful” of it; so much so as to be at the pains to tie it up in a towel and put it in a safe place, as if he had been “very faithful” to his trust. So many people employ their talents, their learning, their property, their influence. They “have” them; they “keep” them; but they never “use” them in the service of the Lord Jesus; and, in regard to their influence on the church or the world, it would be the same if God had never conferred on them these talents.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 19:20. Lord, behold, here is thy pound] See Matthew 25:18.
