Luke 16:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 certain rich man. Compare Luke 16:19.

man. Greek. anthropos. App-123.

steward. A house manager, or agent, managing the house and servants, assigning the tasks, &c., of the latter. Compare Eliezer (Genesis 15:2; Genesis 24:2), Joseph (Genesis 39:4).

was accused. Greek. diaballomai. Occurs only here. to be struck through, implying malice, but not necessarily falsehood.

that he had wasted. as wasting.

Luke 16:1

1 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.