I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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Gill's Exposition
I am resolved what to do,.... Or "I know what to do"; I have a scheme in my head, and I am determined to execute it, which will provide for me, and secure me a maintenance:
that when I am put out of…
Barnes' Notes
I am resolved - He thought of his condition. He looked at the plans which occurred to him. He had been dishonest, and knew that he must lose his place. It would have been better to have “considered…
Adam Clarke
They may receive me - That is, the debtors and tenants, who paid their debts and rents, not in money, but in kind; such as wheat, oil, and other produce of their lands.
We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ's doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the…
Cambridge Bible
I am. resolved what to do The original graphically represents the sudden flash of discovery -I have it! I know now what to do."
into their houses Literally, "into their own houses"I will confer on…