Albert Barnes in his Notes on the New Testament states that Mammon was a Syriac word for an idol worshipped as the god of riches , similar to Plutus among the Greeks .
Albert Barnes cited no authority for the statement .
Albert Barnes in his Notes on the New Testament states that Mammon was a Syriac word for an idol worshipped as the god of riches , similar to Plutus among the Greeks , but he cited no authority for the statement .