Matthew 24:49

“And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, etc.] 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,…”

“This passage is, in fact, “a parable,” though it is not expressly so called. The design is to show that his disciples should act as if they were each moment expecting his return. This he illustrates by the conduct of a servant who did not expect his master soon to return, who acted with great impropriety, and who was accordingly punished. Matthew 24:45 Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant ... - By the conduct of a faithful and wise servant Jesus intends to denote a faithful Christian, a servant of God, or a teacher of religion. Whom his lord - His master. The word here has no reference to God. It means the “lord” or master of the servant. Applied to Christian teachers, in the spiritual…”

“to smite: Isa 66:5; Co2 11:20; Pe1 5:3; Jo3 1:9, Jo3 1:10; Rev 13:7, Rev 16:6, Rev 17:6 and to: Mat 7:15; Sa1 2:13-16, Sa1 2:29; Isa 56:12; Eze 34:3; Mic 3:5; Rom 16:18; Phi 3:19; Tit 1:11, Tit 1:12; Pe2 2:13, Pe2 2:14; Jde 1:12 Matthew 24:50”