Sit down to meat (αναπεσε). Recline (for the meal). Literally, fall up (or back).

Having a servant. This parable appears to have been spoken with reference to the rewards that the disciples were expecting in the kingdom …

But which of you, having a servant ...?—The words contain in reality, though not in form, an answer to their question. Th…

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to m…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Because faith makes its possessor a keeper of God’s commandments and adorns him with wonderful works,…

Luke here presents Jesus’ teaching about the ideal of servanthood. The world’s idea of success is to lord it over others; Jesus’ way is the reverse…

The object of this parable is to show that God claims all that belongs to us as His property and possesses complete control over our persons and se…

But which of you having a servant ploughing
In order to keep the disciples humble in the performance of such miracul…

It is no reduction of the guilt of those by whom an offense comes, nor will the fact that offenses will come lessen their punishment.