Luke Chapter 16 verse 6 Holy Bible
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.
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And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.
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And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.
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And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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He said, 'A hundred batos{100 batos is about 395 litres, 104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial gallons.} of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) 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 the rent, and probably also the memorandum of the due delivery of the annual share of the produce. In this case the measure is the Hebrew bath, which has been variously estimated, the data being uncertain and conflicting, at from one to three gallons to the higher number stated in the marginal note. The steward by thus tempting the debtors with an immediate gain, and making them sharers in his frauds, took the readiest and most direct means of securing at once their favour and their silence. That which answered to this in the first application of the parable was the conduct of the Pharisees, just in proportion as they lost the moral force which they had once exercised, in accommodating their casuistry to the selfishness of their followers. Thus by their Corban teaching (see Note on Matthew 15:5) they released men from the obligation of supporting parents, and made perjury easy by their artificial distinctions as to oaths (Matthew 5:33; Matthew 23:16-22), gave a wide license to lust by their doctrine of divorce (Matthew 5:31; Matthew 19:3), and substituted the paying tithes of mint, and anise, and cummin for the weightier matters of the Law (Matthew 23:23). Like phenomena have been seen in analogous circumstances in the history of the Christian Church. When Leo X. sent forth his preachers of indulgences with their short and easy methods of salvation; when Jesuit confessors were to be found in every court of Europe, doing nothing to preserve their votaries from a fathomless licentiousness; when Protestant theologians tuned their voice according to the time, and pandered to the passions of a Henry VIII. or a Landgrave of Hesse; when the preachers of justification by faith turned the grace of God into lasciviousness, or made it compatible with a life of money-making worldliness; when men lower the standard of duty to gain support and popularity--there the act of the steward in bidding the debtor write fifty measures, when he owed a hundred, finds its counterpart. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Greek‘A hundredἙκατὸν (Hekaton)Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 1540: One hundred. Of uncertain affinity; a hundred.[measures]βάτους (batous)Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 943: Of Hebrew origin; a bath, or measure for liquids.of olive oil,’ἐλαίου (elaiou)Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularStrong's 1637: Olive oil, oil. Neuter of the same as elaia; olive oil.he answered.εἶπεν (eipen)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.‘TakeΔέξαι (Dexai)Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person SingularStrong's 1209: To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive.yourσου (sou)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person SingularStrong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.bill,’γράμματα (grammata)Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 1121: From grapho; a writing, i.e. A letter, note, epistle, book, etc. plural learning.said [the manager].εἶπεν (eipen)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.‘Sit downκαθίσας (kathisas)Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.quickly,ταχέως (tacheōs)AdverbStrong's 5030: Soon, quickly, hastily. Adverb from tachus; briefly, i.e. speedily, or rapidly.[and] writeγράψον (grapson)Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularStrong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.fifty.’πεντήκοντα (pentēkonta)Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 4004: Fifty. Multiplicative of pente; fifty.Jump to PreviousAccount Baths Bill Change Eight Fifty Firkins Four Gallons Hundred Manager Measures Oil Olive Quickly Sat Sit Steward Straight Write Writing
