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Ten thousand talents (μυριων ταλαντων). A talent was 6,000 denarii or about a thousand dollars or 240 pounds. Ten thousand times t…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Ten thousand talents. A talent was a sum of money, or weight of silver or gold, amounting to three thousand shekels. A silver
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Ten thousand talents. It is hardly necessary to discuss in detail the value of this sum in modern currency. Assuming the Greek tal…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Ten thousand talents was an immense amount for a servant to owe his king. Some reckon that it was equivalent to two million of our money. It was de…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. John Chrysostom: So that no one would think the Lord had commanded something great and burdensome in saying that we must f…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
We glimpse some idea of the size of the indebtedness when we recall that David donated three thousand talents of gold and seven thousand talents of…
John Gill
JohnGill
And when he had begun to reckon
To open the book of conscience, and to bring to account by some awakening providence…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Although we live entirely on mercy and forgiveness, we are reluctant to forgive the offenses of our brothers and sisters. This parable shows how mu…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Here a parable is related, and He does three things:
- The divine mercy is suggested.
- Ingratitude is mentioned, where it is sai…
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A.T. Robertson
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