Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite [his] fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
And shall begin to smite his fellow servants,…. By abusing the power lodged in him, usurping a dominion over their faith, and imposing on their consciences things which Christ has never commanded; vexing and burdening them with trifling rites and ceremonies, and other unnecessary things; wounding, grieving, offending weak minds by his conduct and example; or persecuting the saints, such of them as cannot come into everything in his way of believing and practising:
and to eat and drink with the drunken; giving himself up to luxury and intemperance; feeding himself instead of the family; serving his own belly, and not his Lord and Master Christ; living an ungodly and licentious life, altogether unbecoming the Gospel of Christ: such servants and stewards have been, and are in the church of God; but sad will be their case, when their Lord comes, as follows. Respect seems to be had either to the ecclesiastical rulers among the Jews, who went under the name of the servants of the Lord, but persecuted the apostles, and those that believed in Christ; or the “Judaizing” Christians, and false teachers, that were for imposing the ceremonies of the law upon believers; or Simon Magus, and his followers, a set of licentious, men; or all of them; who lived in this period of time, between the death of Christ, and the destruction of the temple.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
49. Shall begin to smite The language is taken from the disposition of servants to be unruly and fighting in the long absence of their master, especially if all sense of responsibility is forgotten. Indifferent ages of the Church popes and prelates have tyrannized over their fellows, as if they were never to be called by the Lord to account for their doings. Because sentence was not speedily executed by the immediate coming of the Son of man, they set themselves to do all manner of evil.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Ver. 49. To eat and drink with the drunken ] Though he neither be drunk himself, not make others drunk, yet to be among wine bibbers and flesh mongers, as Solomon hath it,Pro 23:20Pro 23:20 , to company with such as a frequent and immoderate bibber, as Peter’s word ( ) importeth, 1Pe 4:3 ; to drink ad numerum, as Bullinger expresseth it, though there follow not an utter alienation of mind, this is here threatened. Excessive drinking is drunkenness, Eph 5:18 though men be strong to bear it,Isa 5:22Isa 5:22 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mat 24:49. , fellow-servants) They are called fellow-servants, to bring out in strong relief the injurious character of that evil servants conduct towards them: they were, however, subject to him, though he with them was subject to their common Lord.-, but) His injurious conduct towards his fellow-servants, and his own self-indulgence, are put in strong contrast with each other.- , with the drunken) There will, therefore, at that time be many whose whole condition and character will consist in vicious self-indulgence. See 1Th 5:7. A similar mode of speaking occurs in Gen 13:5., where the LXX. have , i.e. But the sons of Israel came with them that came.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
to smite: Isa 66:5, 2Co 11:20, 1Pe 5:3, 3Jo 1:9, 3Jo 1:10, Rev 13:7, Rev 16:6, Rev 17:6
and to: Mat 7:15, 1Sa 2:13-16, 1Sa 2:29, Isa 56:12, Eze 34:3, Mic 3:5, Rom 16:18, Phi 3:19, Tit 1:11, Tit 1:12, 2Pe 2:13, 2Pe 2:14, Jud 1:12
Reciprocal: 1Ki 16:9 – drinking Pro 23:20 – not Pro 23:29 – Who hath woe Ecc 8:11 – sentence Eze 34:4 – but with Rom 2:4 – despisest 1Co 5:11 – or a drunkard 2Co 1:24 – that Eph 5:18 – be not
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:49
Under the impression that. “there is plenty of time yet” this servant will relax his vigilance and turn the good treatment of his fellow servants into mistreatment of them; he will even join in the unrighteous practices of some of them. Likewise, some professed disciples of Christ often get tired of faithful service in the kingdom and give way to a life of sin.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 24:49. Beat his fellow-servants. The faithful ones, since the others would join with him. He plays the lord over Gods heritage (1Pe 5:3), abusing instead of nourishing the household (Mat 24:45). Unfaithfulness to Christ, speedily manifests itself in such conduct: censure of others, pride toward others, despotism over others, who are fellow-servants.
Shall eat and drink with the drunken. To show laxity of conduct toward the evil members of the household, and to invite the world to help him revel. Beating the fellow-servants leads to worldliness and immorality.