Luk 19:8 | JFB | STEP | 8-10. stood-- before all. said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord-- Mark how frequently Luke uses this title, and always where lordly authority, dignity, or power is intended. if I have-- that is, "so far as I have," for evidently the "if" is so used (as in ). taken by false accusation-- defrauded, overcharged ( , ). fourfold-- The Roman law required this; the Jewish law, but the principal and a fifth more ( ). There was no demand made for either; but, as if to revenge himself on his hitherto reigning sin (see on ), and to testify the change he had experienced, besides surrendering the half of his fair gains to the poor, he voluntarily determines to give up all that was ill-gotten, quadrupled. He gratefully addressed this to the "Lord," to whom he owed the wonderful change.

‏ Luke 19:8

8-10. stood--before all.

said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord--Mark how frequently Luke uses this title, and always where lordly authority, dignity, or power is intended.

if I have--that is, "so far as I have," for evidently the "if" is so used (as in Php 4:8).

taken by false accusation--defrauded, overcharged (Lu 3:12, 13).

fourfold--The Roman law required this; the Jewish law, but the principal and a fifth more (Nu 5:7). There was no demand made for either; but, as if to revenge himself on his hitherto reigning sin (see on Joh 20:28), and to testify the change he had experienced, besides surrendering the half of his fair gains to the poor, he voluntarily determines to give up all that was ill-gotten, quadrupled. He gratefully addressed this to the "Lord," to whom he owed the wonderful change.