Luke 19:23

19:23 deposit my money in the bank: Literally put the money on the table, which means to give it to moneylenders who would loan it out at interest.

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Luk 19:23. Τραπέζαν, the counting-table) in our days, the Bank.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk_19:23-24. The question comes in abruptly with καί, laying bare the contradiction between the clauses. See Hartung, Partikell. I. p. 147.

ἐπὶ τράπεζαν (without an article, see the critical remarks), on a bankers table. The sign of interrogation is to be placed, with Lachmann and Tischendorf, after τράπεζαν. καὶ ἐγὼ (Lachmann, Tischendorf; κἀγώ) κ.τ.λ. is then the result which, in the event hinted at by διὰ τί κ.τ.λ. (ἄν, see Buttmann, Neut. Gr. p. 187 [E. T. 216]), would have followed.

Luk_19:24. τ. παρεστ.] i.e. the satellites, i. 19.

τὰς δέκα μνᾶς] the ten minae mentioned at Luk_19:16, therefore not those which he had from the beginning, but those which he has acquired for himself with the mina that was entrusted to him.

Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk 19:23 . ἐπὶ τράπεζαν = τοῖς τραπεζίταις in Mt. ἔπραξα = ἐκομισάμην in Mt.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

To the bankers and changers.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Verse 23. With usury?] συν τοκω, 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.

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(23) Into the bank.—Literally, the table, or counter. The Greek substantive is the root of the word translated “exchangers” in Mat_25:27 (where see Note).

That at my coming I might have required . . .—Literally, And when I came I should have got it with interest.

Usury.—The word is used (as in Mat_25:27) in its older meaning, as including interest of any kind, and not exclusively that which we call usurious.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

23. into the bank] Rather, into a bank. The Greek word for ‘bank’ is trapeza (‘a table’); hence a banker is trapezites. This touch contains the germ of the unrecorded saying (agraphon dogma) of our Lord, which is one of the most certainly genuine of those which are preserved by tradition—“Shew yourselves approved money-changers” (γίνεσθε τραπεζῖται δόκιμοι).

I might have required mine own with usury] Rather, I might have exacted it with interest (on epraxa, see Luk_3:13).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And he said unto them that stood by,.... The angels, it may be; though this may not be strictly taken, as if any persons, angels, or men, will be employed in what follows, only that it will be done, or may be expected:

take from him the pound; which shows, that it was not special grace, for that is a good part that shall never be taken away, but gifts which may be taken away from men, or they from them:

and give it to him that hath ten pounds; not that, strictly speaking, the gifts of some men are taken from them and bestowed on others; but the design of the expression is to show, that to diligent and laborious ministers, there is an increase of gifts; their knowledge enlarges, and their light shines more and more to the perfect day, and they become more useful; and they appear brighter, and more illustrious, through the sloth of others, or when compared with indolent, negligent, and useless ministers.

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23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

Ver. 23. Into the bank] Gr. Unto the table, er (according to some copies) "unto the usurers," τοις τραπεζιταις, whom Beza here rightly calleth humani certe generis perniciosissimas pestes, the most pernicious pests of mankind.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The bank - The treasury, or the place of exchange. Why did you not loan it out, that it might be increased?

Usury - Interest.

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Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? Many in "the bank" have seen mirrored those Christian societies and religious organizations to which every believer may entrust the resources which he is uncertain how best to use himself. Without particularizing, however, it seems better to understand the Lord here simply intending to teach, by his image of the bank, that no man in this world is doomed to inactivity or uselessness, but that there will be opportunity afforded to every one who is willing to use his talent in a humble and obscure, if not in a heroic and conspicuous, way.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

23. ἐπὶ τράπεζαν. ‘Into a bank.’ The Greek word for a banker is τραπεζίτης. This touch contains the germ of the unrecorded saying (ἄγραφον δόγμα) of our Lord, which is one of the most certainly genuine of those which are preserved by tradition—“Shew yourselves approved money-changers” (γίνεσθε τραπεζῖται δόκιμοι).

σὺν τόκῳ ἂν αὐτὸ ἔπραξα. ‘I might have exacted it with interest’ (see Luk 3:13).

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23. ἐπὶ τράπεζαν. “On a banker’s table.” Here the interrogation ends, and κἀγώ begins a declaratory sentence. It would have been very little trouble to put it in a bank. There the money would have been as safe as in the napkin, and would have borne interest. See Hastings, D.B. i. p. 580.

The often quoted saying, “Show yourselves tried bankers,” Γίνεσθε τραπεζῖται δόκιμοι, may easily be a genuine utterance of Christ. But if it is a mere adaptation, it comes from Mat 25:27 rather than from Lk. See Resch, Agrapha, pp. 118, 234; Wsctt. Int. to Gosp. App. C.

τόκῳ. In N.T. the word occurs only in these parables; but is freq. in LXX; Deu 23:19; Lev 25:36, Lev 25:37; Exo 22:25, etc. The notion that money, being a dead thing, ought not to breed (τεκεῖν, τόκος), augmented the prejudice of the ancients against interest Aristotle condemns it as παρὰ φύσιν (Pol. i. 10. 4; comp. Eth. Nic. iv. 1. 40). Cicero represents Cato as putting it on a level with murder (De Off. ii. 25. 89). “The breed of barren metal” (Shaks.).

ἂν αὐτὸ ἔπραξα. The protasis is readily understood from the previous question: comp. Heb 10:2. For this use of πράσσειν see on 3:13.

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Bank [τραπεζαν] . Lit., the table of the money - changer. Wyc., board. See on exchangers, Mt 25:27.

Usury [τοκω] . Better interest, as Rev. See on usury, Mt 25:27.

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