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Selected Verse: Luke 19:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 19:23 |
King James |
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The bank - The treasury, or the place of exchange. Why did you not loan it out, that it might be increased?
Usury - Interest. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Bank (τράπεζαν)
Lit., the table of the money-changer. Wyc., board. See on exchangers, Mat 25:27.
Usury (τόκῳ)
Better interest, as Rev. See on usury, Mat 25:27. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| With interest - Which does not appear to be contrary to any law of God or man. But this is no plea for usury, that is, the taking such interest as implies any degree of oppression or extortion. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| With usury? - Συν τοκῳ, With its produce, i.e. what the loan of the money is fairly worth, after paying the person sufficiently for using it: for, in lent money, both the lender and borrower are supposed to reap profit. |
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.