Luke 19:21

And he saith unto him,.... By way of reply to his vile slander, and unrighteous charge;

out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant; as he might be justly called: he was not only a…

An austere man - Hard, severe, oppressive. The word is commonly applied to unripe fruit, and means “sour,” unpleasant; harsh. In this case it means that the man was taking every advantage, and, while…

Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are told,

I. How the expectations of his friends were raised upon this occasion: They…

I feared thee A sure sign that he did not love him, 1Jn 4:18.

takest up that thou layedst not down A typical description of injustice forbidden alike by Jewish and Greek laws (Jos. c. Ap.11. 130).