Luke 16:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Luke 16:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  His disciples - The word “disciples,” here, is not to be restricted to the twelve apostles or to the seventy. The parable appears to have been addressed to all the professed followers of the Savi...

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• Luke 16:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he said also unto his disciples, (1) There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. (1) Seeing that men often purchase friends...

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• Luke 16:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Luke 16:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  also unto His disciples . unto His disciples also. Note the Structure. and R, p. 1479, which gives the scope of the two Chapter s: both peculiar to this gospel. unto . Greek. pros. App-104. a...

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• Luke 16:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The leading object of this parable is, to show that we ought to deal kindly and generously with our neighbors; that, when we come to the judgment seat of God, we may reap the fruit of our liber...

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• Luke 16:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. A steward - Οικονομος, from οικος, a house, or...

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• Luke 16:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And he said also unto his disciples,— The maliciousness of the Pharisees, and the obstinacy with which they opposed every thing that was good, led our Saviour to expose their evil hearts and vile p...

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• Luke 16:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. No indication is given of the time and o...

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• Luke 16:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Unjust Steward. The Rich Man and Lazarus 1-13. Parable of the Unjust Steward (peculiar to Lk). The details of this somewhat difficult parable are probably not significant. It is intended to il...

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• Luke 16:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XVI. (1) There was a certain rich man, which had a steward. — There is, perhaps, no single parable that has been subjected to such various and discordant interpretations as this of the Unjust St...

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• Luke 16:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 h...

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• Luke 16:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 whi...

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• Luke 16:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS We have in this Chapter our Lord's account of an unjust Steward; and Christ's Observation upon the History. The Relation, also, of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

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• Luke 16:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  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 16:1-8 This parable draws a lesson f...

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• Luke 16:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he said also to his disciples ,.... The Syriac version adds, "a parable", as the following is; and which is directed to the disciples, as those in the preceding chapter are to the Pharisees; and...

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• Luke 16:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 1. A certain rich man which had a stew...

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• Luke 16:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And he also , &c. To give a further check to the maliciousness of the Pharisees, and the obstinacy with which they opposed every thing that was good, he delivered, while they were still present,...

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• Luke 16:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• Luke 16:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Unjust Steward.       1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accu...

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• Luke 16:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  LUKE CHAPTER 15 Luke 16:1-13 The parable of the unjust steward. Luke 16:14-18 Christ reproveth the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, who were covetous, and derided him. Luke 16:19-31 The parabl...

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• Luke 16:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And he said also to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man, who had a steward, and the same was accused to him that he was wasting his goods.” ' Note that the direct recipients of the parable...

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• Luke 16:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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. Th...

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• Luke 16:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 propert...

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• Luke 16:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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, h...

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• Luke 16:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 16:1-42 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, a...

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• Luke 16:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 lie had wasted his goods.

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• Luke 16:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 28:1 ; 1 Corinthians 4:1 ; 1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; Genesis 15:2 ; Genesis 43:19 ; Hosea 2:8 ; James 4:3 ; Luke 12:42 ; Luke 8:3 ; Luke 15:13 ; Luke 15:30 ; Luke 1...

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• Luke 16:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And he said also to his disciples — Not only to the scribes and Pharisees to whom he had hitherto been speaking, but to all the younger as well as the elder brethren: to the returning prodigals who...

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