Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
A certain lender (danisth tini). A lender of money with interest. Here alone in the N.T. though a common word.
Debtors (xreofiletai). From xrew (debt, obligation) and ofeilw, to owe. Only here and Luke 16:5 in the N.T., though common in late Greek writers.
Owed (wfeilen). Imperfect active and so unpaid. Five hundred dhnaria and fifty like two hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-five dollars.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 7:41:
Mark 14:3
Luke 8:1
Luke 13:4
Luke 16:4
Luke 23:27
John 11:2
John 12:2
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