Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Luke 16:7
Hundred measures of wheat. The wheat measure was about eleven
bushels; the twenty remitted would be 220 bushels.
Luke 16:1-7
The Rich Man and Lazarus
SUMMARY OF LUKE 16: The Unjust Steward. His Shrewd Forethought. Making
Friends with the Unrighteous Mammon. The Scoffing of the Covetous
Pharisees. The Rich Man. The Beggar at His Gate. Death--One in
Abraham's Bosom; the Other in Hades. The Rich Man's Petition. The
Great Gulf. Hearing Moses and the Prophets.
There was a certain rich man. The three parables of the last
chapter, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son, are a rebuke
of the self-righteousness of the Pharisees: the two of this chapter are
directed against their covetousness.
Had a steward. An officer who had charge of his estates. Eliezer was
the steward of Abraham; Joseph that of Potiphar (Genesis 24:2-12 39:4). A
man of business to take charge of the property is still common in the
Old World on large estates. The Christian, to whom God has entrusted
the earthly care of property that belongs to the Creator, is thus
described (Matthew 25:14-30 Lu 19:11-27).
Had wasted his goods. Dishonest; an embezzler.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Luke 16:1-7
Luke 16:7
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