δύναμιν: καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν εὐθέως. 16. πορευθεὶς δὲ] ὁ τὰ πέντε
τάλαντα λαβὼν εἰργάσατο ” ἐν αὐὗτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἄλλα πέντε
τάλαντα." 17. ὡσαύτως καὶ ὅ 6 τὰ δύο ἐκέρδησε καὶ αὐτὸς ὃ ἄλλα δύο. 18. ὁ δὲ τὸ ἓν λαβὼν ἀπελθὼν ὥρυδεν ἐν τῇ yi,” καὶ ἀπέ-
κρυψε δ τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ. 19. Meta δὲ χρόνον πολὺν 3 ἔρχεται ὁ κύριος τῶν δούλων ἐκείνων, καὶ συναίρει μετ αὐτῶν λόγον. 2ο. καὶ προσελθὼν 6 τὰ πέντε τάλαντα λαβὼν προσήνεγκεν ἄλλα πέντε τάλαντα, λέγων, Κύριε, πέντε τάλαντά µοι παρέδωκας :
ἴδε, ἄλλα πέντε τάλαντα ἐκέρδησα ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς.] 21. Ἔφη δὲ 17 αὐτῷ
1 SSB omit δε, the insertion of which is due to the ενθεως being taken as belong-
ing to απεδηµησεν. 2 mpyacato in ΝΒΡΙ.. 3 εκερδησεν in BCDLZ (W.H.).
It should be taken with πορευθεις (Tisch., W.H.).
ὃν has εποιησεν (Tisch.). ‘ BL omit this second ταλαντα (W.H.).
5 και omitted in SCL (Tisch., W.H., in text, insert in margin),
6 καί αυτος omit BCL. 8 εκρυψεν in ΝΔΑΒΟΡΙ, 33. 10 λογον before per αυτων in $BCDLE.
Ἰγην in ΕΙ, (Tisch., W.H.). 9 wohvy χρονον in SBCDL. 11 επ αντοις omit RBDL.
12 δε omitted in ΝΝΒΟΓΡΙ.Σ, also in ver. 22 after προσελθων in NB.
significance as indicating the temper of the servant. He lost no time in setting about plans for trading, with the talents entrusted to him (so Fritzsche, Weiss, Schanz, and Holtz., H. C.).—Ver. 16. εἰργάσατο ἐν αὐτοῖς, traded in or with them, used in classics also in this sense but without any preposition before the dative of the πιβίετῖα].---ἄλλα πέντε, other five, which speaks to a considerable period in the ordinary course of trade.— Ver. 17. ὡσαύτως, in like manner ; that absolutely the same proportion between capital and gain should be maintained in the two cases was not likely but possible, and the supposition is convenient for the application.—Ver. 18. ὥρυξεν γῆν, dug up the earth, and hid the silver of his master. Not dishonest—the master had not misjudged as to that—but indolent, unenterprising, timid. What he did was often done for safety. The master might have done it himself, but he wanted in- crease as well as safety. In Lk.’s para- ble the same type of man buries his pound in a napkin. A talent was too large to be put up that way.
Vv. 19-23.—Ver. 19. πολὺν χρόνον: the master returns after α long time, an important expression in a parable relating to the Parusia, as implying long delay.—ovvaipe. λόγον, maketh a reckoning, as in xviii. 23.—Ver. 20. The first servant gives his report:
bringing five and five, he presents them to his master, and says: te, as if in- viting him to satisfy himself by count- ing.—Ver. 21. ev, welldone! excellent! =evye in classics, which is the approved reading in Lk. xix. 17. Meyer takes it as an adverb, qualifying πιστός, but standing in so emphatic a position at the head of the sentence and so far from the word it is supposed to qualify it inevi- tably has the force of an interjection— ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ, devoted and faithful : two prime virtues in the circumstances. On the sense of ἀγαθός, vide xx. 15.---ἐπὶ π. σε καταστήσω, I will set thee over many things. The master means to make extensive use of the talents and energy of one who had shown himself so enthusiastic and trustworthy in a limited sphere.—etoehOe ε. τ. χαρὰν τ. κ. σ. This clause seems to be epexegetical of the previous one, or to express the same idea under a different form. χαρά has often been taken as referring to a feast given on the occasion of the master’s return (so De Wette, Trench, etc.). Others (Reuss, Meyer, Weiss, Speaker’s Com.) take it more generally as denoting the master’s state of joy. Thus viewed, the word takes us into the spiritual sphere, the joy of the Lord having nothing in common with the affairs of the bank (Reuss, Hist. Ev.). Weiss thinks this second description of the reward pro-