Matthew 24:48

48 But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

Matthew 24:48 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:48

But and if that evil servant
Or should there be an evil servant, an unwise and faithless one, who though he may have gifts and talents, yet destitute of the grace of God; and though he may be in the highest post and office in the church of God for sometimes wicked and graceless men are in such places; yet if he shall say in his heart;
secretly to himself, and with pleasure to his mind, and strengthen himself in a full persuasion of this, my Lord delayeth his coming;
and begins to think that either he will not come at all, to call him to an account for the use of his time, gifts, and talents; or if he does, it will be long first ere he will come, and visit the people of the Jews, by desolating calamities; or by death, to summon him to his bar; or at judgment, to give in his account of his stewardship.

Matthew 24:48 In-Context

46 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.

47 Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his substance.

48 But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

49 and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;

50 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,