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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Matthew 25:14

Matthew 25:14. For it is. The events illustrated in the previous parable, ‘The kingdom of heaven' is not specific enough. The omission of ‘the Son of man,' etc. (Matthew 25:13) forbids our supplying ‘he is.'

As when a man going into another country, ‘going abroad.' Here Christ is represented as a man of wealth; in Luke as a nobleman gone to receive a kingdom.

His own servants, the professed followers of Christ, not merely the ministry.

And delivered unto them his goods. The spiritual blessings which are ‘his;' more general than chap. Matthew 24:45, where the office of the ministry is plainly referred to.

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