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He said, `This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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The 'I' and 'My' Problem
Commentators like Spurgeon and Gill emphasize the rich man's constant repetition of 'I' and 'my.' His language—'my barns,' 'my grain,' 'my goods'—reveals a heart consumed by selfishness. He views his wealth as his own achievement and for his own use, completely forgetting that he is merely a steward of God's blessings.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will pull down my barns. The word barns, here, properly means granaries, or places exclusively designed to store wheat…
I will pull down (καθελω). Future active of καθαιρεω, an old verb, the usual future being καθαιρησω. This second form from the sec…
19th Century
Anglican
I will pull down my barns.—The Greek noun (apothekè, from which our “apothecary” comes,) has a somewhat wider meaning, an…
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Baptist
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, What…
Since this is a parable, Jesus can heighten certain elements that illustrate his point, even to the point of having God speak directly to the rich …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, this will I do This was the resolution he came to, and which he took up, without consulting God, or ask…
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