Matthew 25:19 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:19

After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

KJV

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 19, 20.) After a long time, the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.' It is a great time between the ascension of the Savior and his second coming. But if the apostles are going to give an account and be judged with fear, what should we do?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

After a long time ... - By the return of the lord of those servants to reckon with them is denoted the return of Christ to call people to an account for the manner in which they have improved their talents. See Rom 14:12; 2Co 5:10; 1Th 4:16; Act 1:11; Act 17:31. Reckon with them - To reckon is to settle accounts. Here it means to inquire into their faithfulness, and to reward or punish them accordingly.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parable of the talents which we have now read is near akin to that of the ten virgins. Both direct our minds to the same important event: the second advent of Jesus Christ. Both bring before us the same persons: the members of the professing church of Christ. The virgins and the servants are one and the same people—but the same people regarded from a different point, and viewed on different sides. The practical lesson of each parable is the main point of difference: vigilance is the keynote of the first parable, diligence that of the second.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μετὰ	meta	After	G3326 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
πολὺν	polun	much	G4183 →
χρόνον	chronon	time	G5550 →
ἔρχεται	erchetai	comes	G2064 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος	kurios	master	G2962 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
δούλων	doulōn	servants	G1401 →
ἐκείνων	ekeinōn	those	G1565 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συναίρει	sunairei	takes	G4868 →
λόγον	logon	account	G3056 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
αὐτῶν.	autōn	them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
leads to
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Revelation 22:12
  “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Ephesians 6:8
  because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
- Psalms 62:12
  and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.