Luke 19:23
“Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he said unto them that stood by,.... The angels, it may be; though this may not be strictly taken, as if any…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The bank - The treasury, or the place of exchange. Why did you not loan it out, that it might be increased? Usury -…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
With usury? - Συν τοκῳ, With its produce, i.e. what the loan of the money is fairly worth, after paying the person…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 19:11-27
Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
into the bank Rather, into a bank. The Greek word for -bank" is trapeza(-a table"); hence a banker is trapezites.This…