Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
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 thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear, Luk 19:11.
Commenting on Luke 19:11-27
And he said unto them that stood by,.... The angels, it may be; though this may not be strictly taken, as if any persons, angels, or men, will be employed in what follows, only that it will be done, or may be expected: take from him the pound; which shows, that it was not special grace, for that is a good part that shall never...
Verse 23. The bank. The treasury, or the place of exchange. Why did you not loan it out, that it might be increased? Usury. Interest. (q) "Wherefore"