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Mat 25:25. Φοβηθεὶς, being frightened) Without love, without confidence; q.d. “fearing that I should not satisfy Thee, that I might be compelled to spend somewhat from my own stock, that I might, vainly endeavour to bring aught from the field where the crop did not seem worthy of Thee, into the barn whence nothing of Thine appeared to have been strawed.” The wicked and slothful servant, whilst he imagined his Master to be one who would require excessive gain, beyond the strength of His servant, did not even obtain that legitimate profit which he might have obtained. Do what thou canst, and what thou art commanded; await success, and thou shalt be astonished at it.-ἔκρυψα, I hid) Contrast with this Psa 40:10-11.[1095]
[1095] Mat 25:26. Καὶ ὀκνηρὲ, and slothful) Slothfulness overpowers the mind at times more than it does the body. It would certainly have cost this servant no more trouble to have gone to the money-exchangers or bankers, than that which he expended uselessly in digging, Mat 25:18. Had the servants been ordered, in the first instance, to go to the bankers, without doubt he also would have obeyed the order. But in that case the servants would not have obtained so much praise. See, therefore, that you strenuously employ your powers.-V. g.