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Matthew 20:8

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Verse 8

When the even was come - Six o'clock, the time they ceased from labor, and the workmen came to receive their wages.

Steward - Επιτρωπος. A manager of the household concerns under the master. The rabbinical writers use the very same word, in Hebrew letters, for the same office, אפיטרופוס epitropos. See Kypke.