But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him,.... For, not coming as was expected, he gives over looking, and concludes he will not come at all; in which he will find…
Adam Clarke
Begin to beat, etc. - See the different parts of this bad minister's conduct pointed out on Mat 24:48, Mat 24:49 (note).
Here is, I. Peter's question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luk 12:41): "Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are…
Cambridge Bible
say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming Ecc 8:11. It was not long before the temptation to use this language arose with fatal results, 2Pe 3:8-9.
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