Shall cut him asunder (διχοτομησε). An old and somewhat rare word from διχοτομος and that from διχα and τεμνω, to cut, to cut in t…

Who then is that faithful and wise steward?—See Notes on Matthew 24:45-51. Here the words come as an answer to Peter’s qu…

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shalt begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drin…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Peter, to whom the Church had already been committed, as having the care of all things, asks whether …

These verses clearly imply that Jesus himself would not return immediately but that there would be an interval of waiting and serving (cf. 18:7; 19…

The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he
looks not for him
For, not coming …

All are to apply to themselves what Christ says in His word and to inquire about it. No one is left so ignorant that they do not know many things t…