{Thou oughtest therefore} (edsi se oun). His very words
of excuse convict him. It was a necessity (edei) that he did
not see. {The bankers} (	ois trapezeitais). The benchers,
money-changers, brokers, who exchanged money for a fee and who
paid interest on money. Word common in late Greek. {I should have
received back} (eg(9320)ekomisam(886e) an). Conclusion of a condition
of the second class (determined as unfulfilled). The condition is
not expressed, but it is implied. "If you had done that." {With
interest} (sun tok(9369)). Not with "usury" in the sense of
extortion or oppression. Usury only means "use" in itself. The
word is from 	ikt(935c), to bring forth. Compound interest at six
per cent doubles the principal every twenty years. It is amazing
how rapidly that piles up if one carries it on for centuries and
millenniums. "In the early Roman Empire legal interest was eight
per cent, but in usurious transactions it was lent at twelve,
twenty-four, and even forty-eight" (Vincent). Such practices
exist today in our cities. The Mosaic law did not allow interest
in dealings between Hebrews, but only with strangers ( De
23:19,20  Ps 15:5 ).