Mat 25:24 | RWP | e4.org | That had received the one talent ( ο το ταλεντον ειληφως ). Note the perfect active participle to emphasize the fact that he still had it. In verse we have ο--λαβων (aorist active participle). I knew thee ( εγνων σε ). Second aorist active indicative. Experimental knowledge ( γινωσκω ) and proleptical use of σε . A hard man ( σκληρος ). Harsh, stern, rough man, worse than αυστηρος in , grasping and ungenerous. Where thou didst not scatter ( οθεν ου διεσκορπισας ). But this scattering was the chaff from which wheat was winnowed, not the scattering of seed.

‏ Matthew 25:24

That had received the one talent ( ο το ταλεντον ειληφως ). Note the perfect active participle to emphasize the fact that he still had it. In verse 20 we have ο--λαβων (aorist active participle).

I knew thee ( εγνων σε ). Second aorist active indicative. Experimental knowledge ( γινωσκω ) and proleptical use of σε.

A hard man ( σκληρος ). Harsh, stern, rough man, worse than αυστηρος in Lu 19:21, grasping and ungenerous.

Where thou didst not scatter ( οθεν ου διεσκορπισας ). But this scattering was the chaff from which wheat was winnowed, not the scattering of seed.