Luke 19:21-23

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 19:21 tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”
2. Luke 19:21 tn Grk “man, taking out.” The Greek word can refer to withdrawing money from a bank (L&N 57.218), and in this context of financial accountability that is the most probable meaning. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “you” as subject and translating the participle αἴρεις (aireis) as a finite verb.
3. Luke 19:21 tn The Greek verb τίθημι (tithēmi) can be used of depositing money with a banker to earn interest (L&N 57.217). In effect the slave charges that the master takes what he has not earned.
4. Luke 19:22 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5. Luke 19:22 tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).
6. Luke 19:22 tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”
7. Luke 19:22 tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”
8. Luke 19:23 tn That is, “If you really feared me why did you not do a minimum to get what I asked for?”
9. Luke 19:23 tn Grk “on the table”; the idiom refers to a place where money is kept or managed, or credit is established, thus “bank” (L&N 57.215).