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Luke 16:3

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 man, do you lodge informations against strangers ? "He replies :" Yes; why should I suffer, for I know not how to dig ? " To beg [ε π α ι τ ε ι ν]. See on besought, Matthew 14:23.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 16:3. _I CANNOT DIG_] He could not submit to become a common day-labourer, which was both a _severe_ and _base_ employment: _To beg_ _I am ashamed_. And as these were the only _honest_ way...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SAID WITHIN HIMSELF - Thought, or considered. MY LORD - My master, my employer. I CANNOT DIG - This may mean either that his employment had been such that he could not engage in agriculture, not havi...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1)_ 2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13) 3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14) 4. Concerning Divorce. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD (Lk. only). It has been suggested that a better title would be The Shrewd Agent. At any rate the epithet unrighteous has as much reference (if not more) to Luke 16:1 as t...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WITHIN. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. LORD. master, as in Luke 16:13. App-98. A. TAKETH AWAY. is taking away. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. I CANNOT DIG, &c.. to dig,. am not (Greek. _ou._ App-105) str...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _1 cannot dig_ Rather, TO DIG I AM NOT STRONG ENOUGH. _to beg I am ashamed_ Sir 40:28, "better die than beg....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΣΚΆΠΤΕΙΝ ΟΥ̓Κ ἸΣΧΎΩ. ‘To dig I am not strong enough.’ ἘΠΑΙΤΕΙ͂Ν ΑἸΣΧΎΝΟΜΑΙ. Sir 40:28, “better die than beg.”...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. THEN THE STEWARD SAID WITHIN HIMSELF, WHAT SHALL I DO? FO...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    εἶπε ἐν ἑ.: a Hebraism, as in Matthew 3:9; Matthew 9:3. The steward deliberates on the situation. He sees that his master has decided against him, and considers what he is to do next, running rapidly...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The parable of the unjust steward_....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    This piece contains: 1 _st._ The parable of the unjust steward, with accompanying reflections (Luke 16:1-13); 2 _d._ Reflections forming an introduction to the parable of the wicked rich man, and the...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    SAID WITHIN HIMSELF; he thought. I CANNOT DIG; work at any service labor....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 16:1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 16:3 Then G1161 steward G3623 said G2036 (G5627) within G1722 himself G1438 What G5101 do G4160 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _And He said also unto His disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods._ Having rebuked in three par...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 16:1. AND HE SAID ALSO.—This implies that there is a certain, though perhaps not very close, connection between the discourse in this chapter and that which precedes it. The chap...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 16:1 The _Lord_'_s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two parables of the unjust steward, and Dives and...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Jesus speaks on two unpleasant subjects, to a lot of people. Not unpleasant to me, but to a lot of people. Talks about hell. That's not unpleasant to me, not worried about it at all. Now Jesus is at a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 3:11; Acts 3:2; Acts 9:6; Esther 6:6; Hosea 9:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To beg I am ashamed — But not ashamed to cheat! This was likewise a sense of honour! "By men called honour, but by angels pride....

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