Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 24:47
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Verse 47. He shall make him ruler over all his goods.] O heavenly privilege of a faithful minister of Christ! He shall receive from God a power to dispense all the blessings of the new covenant; and his word shall ever be accompanied with the demonstration of the Holy Ghost to the hearts of all that hear it. Much of a preacher’s usefulness may be lost by his unfaithfulness.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Luke hath much of this, Luk 12:45,46; But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. If that servant prove an evil servant, presumes upon my not making such haste to judgment as he thought I would, and shall prove a persecutor of my people, or a loose and debauched person, I will come to his particular judgment before I come to the general judgment, and at such a time as he shall not be aware of me, and destroy him, and give him his portion with such as believe not my second coming, and with such as are one thing in profession and another thing in practice, in hell, where the condition of poor creatures will be miserable as the condition of those that weep and gnash their teeth. By this parable our Saviour doth quicken his apostles, to whom he intended to leave the care of his church when he should be ascended into heaven, to a faithful care of the flock committed to their trust, and also lets us know that in succeeding ages there would arise a generation of loose and debauched ministers, and such as would persecute the sincerer professors of his gospel, who could not comply with their doctrines and lives. Of which, as all ages of the church have given a proof, so the time since popery hath prevailed in the world hath given a more plentiful and abundant proof: all which extravagances are encouraged from their atheism, and the belief of Christs coming to judgment. He also showeth how severe he will be against such persons: he will come upon them before they be aware of it, and cut them in pieces. The word signifies to cut them in two pieces, as the Jews were wont to divide their sacrifices; or, (as some think), as some pagan nations were wont to punish perfidious persons, and some more notorious malefactors. And give him his portion with unbelievers and hypocrites in hell, Mat 13:42; 25:30. The case of all persons that live secure and debauched lives because judgment is not speedily executed, will be sad; but the case of ministers that do so will be dreadful. They are a sort of sinners whom God seldom suffereth to live out half their days; and when he doth, yet they shall not escape the severest damnation of hell. They betray a greater trust, and lead multitudes to hell with them, and so are the greatest traitors against the Divine Majesty.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Verily I say unto you,…. Nothing is a greater truth, more certain, or to be depended on, than this; all such wise, faithful, diligent, and industrious servants may expect it:
that he, shall make him ruler over all his goods; will honour him with greater gifts, bestow a larger degree of Gospel light and knowledge on him, make him more useful in the church below, and at last cause him to inherit all things in the other world, all glory, happiness, and bliss.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(47) He shall make him ruler.The words are noteworthy as among the indications that the work of the faithful servant does not cease, either after his own removal from his earthly labour, or even after the final consummation of the kingdom. Over and above the joy of the beatific vision, or what is figured to us as the peace of Paradise, there will still be a work to be done, analogous to that which has been the mans training here, and in it there will be scope for all the faculties and energies that have been thus disciplined and developed. (Comp. Notes on Mat. 25:21; Luk. 19:17.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
47. Ruler over all his goods Simply, the image of the favour of his master, drawn from the custom of appointing a competent or favourite servant to be head steward, as was Joseph in the house of Potiphar.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all that he has.”
And he will not only be blessed but will be given total overall control of all that the Lord has. He will be made second only the Master himself. Now humanly speaking and in a human situation that could only happen to one person, or an inner few. But that is not so in God’s economy. In God’s economy the privilege can be given to all. Together his people will be set over all that He has. And as we have learned elsewhere, in that position of responsibility each will delight to serve and be the lowliest of all, so that they can be like the Servant of the Lord Supreme. For God turns all our values upside down.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 24:47 . He will assign him a far higher position, setting him not merely over his domestics, but, etc. The in the Messiah’s kingdom is represented as being in accordance with that principle of gradation on which faithfulness and prudence are usually rewarded in the case of ordinary servants. Comp. Mat 25:21 ff.; Luk 19:17 ff.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Ver. 47. Verily I say unto you, &c. ] A deep asseveration for our better assurance and encouragement. Christ is a liberal paymaster, and his retributions are more than bountiful. Abraham thought much that the steward of his house should be heir of his goods,Gen 15:2-3Gen 15:2-3 . Not so the Lord Christ.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
over = in charge of. Greek. epi.
goods = substance, or property.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
That: Mat 25:21, Mat 25:23, Dan 12:3, Luk 12:37, Luk 12:44, Luk 19:17, Luk 22:29, Luk 22:30, Joh 12:26, 2Ti 2:12, 1Pe 5:4, Rev 3:21, Rev 21:7
Reciprocal: Mat 5:18 – verily
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:47
In the literal procedure of the parable the promotion of the faithful servant would be the thing usually expected. In its application it means that the faithful servants of Christ will be promoted to the higher enjoyment of heaven.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 24:47. He will set him over all his goods. The servant, faithful up to the unexpected arrival of his lord, is rewarded, and is called blessed (Mat 24:47). The reward is promotion to be possessor of the full inheritance. Comp. Rom 8:17; also chap. Mat 25:21; Rev 2:26; Rev 3:21. Alford: Each faithful servant shall be over all his masters goods. That promotion shall not be like earthly promotion, wherein the eminence of one excludes that of another, but rather like the diffusion of love, in which, the more each has, the more there is for all.