Luke 16:6
“And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he said an hundred measures of oil,.... Or "baths of oil", the same quantity as in Ezr 7:22 where Aben Ezra (i)…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
A hundred measures - The measure here mentioned is the “bath” which contained, according to Dr. Arbuthnot’s tables, 7 12…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
A hundred measures of oil - Ἑκατον βατους, A hundred baths. The בת bath was the largest measure of capacity among the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 16:1-18
We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ's doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
measures The Hebrew bathand the Greek metretes;rather less than, but roughly corresponding to, the firkin =9 gallons.…