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Selected Verse: Luke 12:45 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 12:45 |
Strong Concordance |
But and [1161] if [1437] that [1565] servant [1401] say [2036] in [1722] his [846] heart [2588], My [3450] lord [2962] delayeth [5549] his coming [2064]; and [2532] shall begin [756] to beat [5180] the menservants [3816] and [2532] maidens [3814], and [5037] to eat [2068] and [2532] drink [4095], and [2532] to be drunken [3182]; |
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King James |
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| begin to beat, &c.--In the confidence that his Lord's return will not be speedy, he throws off the role of servant and plays the master, maltreating those faithful servants who refuse to join him, seizing on and revelling in the fulness of his master's board; intending, when he has got his fill, to resume the mask of fidelity ere his master appear. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Delayeth
The emphatic word, since the thought of the lord's delay and of the postponement of the reckoning is uppermost in the servant's thought. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Begin to beat, etc. - See the different parts of this bad minister's conduct pointed out on Mat 24:48, Mat 24:49 (note). |
49 And [2532] shall begin [756] to smite [5180] his fellowservants [4889], and [1161] to eat [2068] and [2532] drink [4095] with [3326] the drunken [3184];
48 But and [1161] if [1437] that [1565] evil [2556] servant [1401] shall say [2036] in [1722] his [846] heart [2588], My [3450] lord [2962] delayeth [5549] his coming [2064];