Take the tour ×  Luke 12:45-48 uses the word "servants". What
kind of servants get beaten up by their master?  That looks a
lot like slaves to me. We have an English word for that thing.
It's called slaves. So why use servants? Servants are employees
that got paid. Slaves are properties that got beaten up.  Does
the Bible translator bowdlerize the Bible to keep it politically
correct?  share|improve this question What kind of servant gets
beaten by his master? Any servant before the 20th century. You
are completely looking at this with 20th century eyes and
ignoring the historical context. –  DJClayworth May 7 at 13:40 I
didn't know about the "before the 20th century" part so I found
your question useful. Only a strong historian would know these
things. –  Tom Au May 9 at 12:35 Well, still proper translation
of the scripture to a 20th century english shouldn't use the
word servant. –  Jim Thio May 13 at 10:51 add comment  1 Answer
The word servant used here is the Greek word doulos (δοῦλος,
Strong's G1401).