Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Luke 16:6
An hundred measures] lit. 'baths,' the 'bath' being a Heb. liquid measure = 9 gallons.
Bill] RV 'bond.'
An hundred measures] lit. 'baths,' the 'bath' being a Heb. liquid measure = 9 gallons.
Bill] RV 'bond.'
Verse Luke 16:6. _A HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL._] εκατον βατους, _A hundred_ _baths_. The בת _bath_ was the largest measure of capacity among the Hebrews, except the _homer_, of which it was the tenth p...
A HUNDRED MEASURES - The measure here mentioned is the “bath” which contained, according to Dr. Arbuthnot’s tables, 7 12 gallons, or, according to the marginal note, about 9 gallons and 3 quarts. OIL...
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. ...
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...
Jesus said to his disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward. He received information against the steward which alleged that he was dissipating his goods. He called him, and said to him, 'What...
A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...
MEASURES. Greek. p1. of _batos._ the Hebrew _bath._ App-51. (11) (7). Not the same word as in Luke 16:7. TAKE. Take back. THY BILL. writings, i.e. agreement. SIT. WRITE. sitting down, QUICKLY writ...
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...
_measures_ The Hebrew _bath_and the Greek _metretes;_rather less than, but roughly corresponding to, the _firkin =_9 gallons. This remission would represent a large sum of money. _Take thy bill_ Rath...
Luke 16:1-13. THE UNJUST STEWARD...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
ΤᾺ ΓΡΆΜΜΑΤΑ. אBDL Copt. Goth. &c. τὸ γράμμα is a correction. 6. ΒΆΤΟΥΣ. The Hebrew _bath_ and the Greek μετρητής, rather less than, but roughly corresponding to, the _firkin_ = 9 gallons. This remiss...
Ver 1. And he said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods. 2. And he called him, and said to him, How is it t...
_THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD -- LUKE 16:1-13:_ The parable of the unjust steward is the most difficult parable in the gospels. The steward had wasted his Lord's money, either deliberately or acc...
ΒΆΤΟΣ (G943) еврейская единица для измерения жидкости, от 30 до 35 л (BAGD), урожай 150 деревьев стоимостью около 1000 динариев (ВВС), ΈΛΑΊΟΥ _gen. sing. от_ ΈΛΑΙΟΝ (G1637) оливковое масло. _Gen._ со...
SO HE CALLED—HIS LORD'S DEBTORS— Calling the tenants, he intimated his purpose; and whereas one by his bargain bound himself to pay yearly a _hundred_ βατους, [from the Hebrew בתים, _betim_] _baths of...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Be Shrewd (Luke 16:1-13) 16 He also said to the disciples, There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. 2A...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward Scripture_ Luke 16:1-18 And he said unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him...
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL, [ batous (G943)]. The word indicates a...
13 Compare Job_21:14-15. 17 Compare Jer_31:18-20. 17 The first desire of the prodigal and of all awakened sinners is to do something themselves to ameliorate their evil condition. "What must I do to...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 THE *PARABLE OF THE UNJUST MANAGER 16:1-8 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘A rich man had a servant who managed his property. The rich man heard...
TAKE THY BILL, AND SIT DOWN QUICKLY. — The better MSS. give, _thy bills,_ or _thy documents,_ in the plural. These would include that which answered to the modern lease, the contract which specified t...
τὰ γράμματα : literally, the letters, then a written document; here a bill showing the amount of indebtedness. The steward would have all the bills ready. γράψον, write, _i.e._, write out a new bill w...
_The parable of the unjust steward_....
THE RIGHT USE OF MONEY Luke 16:1-13 We are all stewards, but how much we waste! Well might our Master deprive us of our post and trust! The unjust steward used his opportunity of ingratiating himself...
The Master had a lesson to teach His disciples on the subject of earthly wealth, and He made use of this unjust steward for purposes of illustration only. The element in the action of the steward whic...
CHAPTER 13 THE UNJUST STEWARD Luke 16:1-13. “ _And He continued to speak to His disciples_, _There was a certain rich man who had a steward_, _and he was falsely accused to him as wasting his goods_...
And first the parable: Luke 16:1-9. In this portraiture, as in some others, Jesus does not scruple to use the example of the wicked for the purpose of stimulating His disciples. And in fact, in the mi...
1 _st. Luke 16:1-13_. _The Unjust Steward._ Is there a connection between this lesson on riches and the preceding? The formula ἔλεγε δὲ καί, _and He said also_ (Luke 16:1), seems to indicate that ther...
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...
(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. (2) And he called him, and said unto him, Ho...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_THE MAN WHO ACTED WISELY_ ‘There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; … And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely.’ Luke 16:1 This parable draws a lesson from t...
In chapter 16, the effect of grace on conduct is presented, and the contrast that exists (the dispensation being changed) between the conduct that Christianity requires with regard to the things of th...
AND HE SAID AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL,.... Or "baths of oil", the same quantity as in Ezra 7:22 where Aben Ezra i calls them, מדות, "measures", as we do here; and Jarchi k observes, that they were, ל...
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Ver. 6. _Take thy bill_] The scope of this parable is, _ut profusionem charitate e...
_So he called_, &c. In pursuance of this scheme he sent for all those of his lord's debtors whom he could hope to oblige by so fraudulent a proposal, determining to lower the several articles in his b...
THY BILL; thy writing. WRITE FIFTY; by allowing the debtor to alter his bill and diminish it one half. the steward hoped to gain his favor, and thus, in time of need, to secure his aid....
The deliberations with their result:...
AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THY BILL, AND SIT DOWN QUICKLY, AND WRITE FIFTY....
A PARABLE AS TO THE USE OF THE MASTER'S GOODS (vs.1-13) Now the Lord turned to address His disciples. For though it is pure grace that saves and finds deep delight in the repentance of a sinner, yet...
MEASURES: the word Batus in the original containeth nine gallons 3. quarts...
1-12 Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour. This steward wasted his lord's goods. And we are all...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 16:1...
Luke 16:6 And G1161 said G2036 (G5627) hundred G1540 measures G943 oil G1637 So G2532 said G2036 ...
THE PARABLE OF THE ASTUTE STEWARD (16:1-13). Jesus now tells a parable about an astute but careless estate manager who is failing to do his job properly. It is reported that he is ‘wasting' his lord's...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
The _second_ division of the discourse (chaps, Luke 10:1 to Luke 17:10), addressed _to the disciples._ The parable it contains presents great difficulties to the interpreter ; although the sense of th...
MEASURES (βατους). Transliterated word for Hebrew _bath_, between eight and nine gallons. Here alone in the N.T. Not the same word as βατος ( BUSH ) in Luke 6:44.THY BOND (σου τα γραμματα). Thy w...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust steward. Jesus answers Pharisees. Rich man and Lazarus in the spirit world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, John the Baptist, rich man, Lazarus, Abraham, five broth...
Luke 16:1. _A certain rich man had a steward accused that he had wasted his goods._ After the parable of the prodigal son, we have a second, of a prodigal steward, who had wasted his lord's property....
NOW I KNOW WHAT I WILL DO. The "way out" of all this comes to him in a flash! SO HE CALLED IN ALL THE PEOPLE. In order to _make friends_ who will welcome him in their homes. He calls these people to c...
_There was a certain rich man, which had a steward_ CHRIST’S SERVANTS ARE STEWARDS I. SHOW WHAT THINGS THEY ARE ENTRUSTED WITH, THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN. 1. All earthly good things, as riches, health...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 16:4 The reduction of both bills would have amounted to about 500 denarii (about 20 months’ wages). ⇐ ⇔
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Luke 16:12; Luke 16:9; Titus 2:10...
Measures [β α τ ο υ ς]. Lit., baths. The bath was a Hebrew measure, but the amount is uncertain, since, according to Edersheim, there were three kinds of measurement in use in Palestine : the original...