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Matthew 18:31
So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Verse Matthew 18:31. _HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS SAW WHAT WAS DONE_] An act of this kind is so dishonourable to all the followers of Christ, and to the spirit of his Gospel, that through the respect they owe...
SO WHEN HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS ... - This is a mere circumstance thrown into the story for the sake of keeping, or making a consistent narrative. It cannot be intended to teach that other Christians shou...
6. INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS DISCIPLES. CONCERNING FORGIVENESS. CHAPTER 18 1. Concerning the Little Ones and Offences. (Matthew 18:1 .) 2. The Son of Man to Save What is Lost. (Matthew 18:11 .) 3. The Chu...
THE DUTY OF FORGIVENESS ILLUSTRATED BY THE PARABLE OF THE UNGRATEFUL SERVANT. With Matthew 18:21 _ cf._ Luke 17:4, which makes repentance a condition. The Rabbis taught (_Yoma,_ 86_ b)_ that one must...
Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I tell you not up to seven times, but up to seventy times s...
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (Matthew 18:1-35) Matthew 18:1-35 is a most important chapter for Christian Ethics, because it deals with those qualities which should characterize the personal relationships o...
WAS DONE. had taken place. VERY. exceedingly. TOLD. narrated (gave an exact account). Greek. _diasapheo._ Occ only here....
_when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry_ This seems to point to the common conscience of mankind approving or anticipating the divine sentence....
Forgiveness of Sins. Luke 17:3-4 God's forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
ἘΛΥΠΉΘΗΣΑΝ ΣΦΌΔΡΑ. This seems to point to the common conscience of mankind approving or anticipating the divine sentence....
FORGIVENESS OF SINS Luke 17:3-4 God’s forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
Ver 23. "Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten tho...
_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED BY FORGIVENESS MATTHEW 18:21-35:_ Jesus taught us just to keep on forgiving (seventy times seven). (Matthew 18:22) Are we like the man that owed several mill...
ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. Другие рабы, наблюдавшие за событиями, пожаловались хозяину. ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΑ _aor. med. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 18:3. Part, в роли _subst._ ΈΛΥΠΉ...
HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS—TOLD UNTO THEIR LORD, &C.— Διεσαφησαν. "They gave their Lord an exact and faithful account," which is the full meaning of the word. See Albert, and the _Inferences_ on this chapter...
Section 46 JESUS TRAINS THE TWELVE IN PERSONAL RELATIONS (Parallels: Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50) TEXT: 18:1-35 A. Humility and True Greatness 1 In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Wh...
B. JESUS ANSWERS: NO LIMIT: MERCIFULNESS IS THE RULE IN GOD'S KINGDOM! (18:22-35) Matthew 18:22 JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I SAY NOT UNTO THEE, UNTIL SEVEN TIMES; BUT, UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. On another...
So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. SO WHEN HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS SAW WHAT WAS DONE, THEY WERE VERY SORRY, AND CAM...
16 See Deu_19:15; Joh_8:17; 2Co_3:1. 18 See Mat_16:19. 19 The Lord continues in the same vein. If we should attempt to apply these privileges and promises now it would only bring reproach on His name...
OFFENDING THE LITTLE ONES. THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT 1-14. Ambition reproved, and humility taught by the example of a little child (Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46)....
THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT (peculiar to St. Matthew). The lesson is that, inasmuch as God has forgiven us the great and unpayable debt which as sinners we owe to Him, so we also must forgive our brethren...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 Chapter 18 is the fourth section of what Jesus taught. It ends in the same way as the other sections ‘Now when Jesus had finished...
THEY WERE VERY SORRY. — The fellow-servants are, of course, in the inner meaning of the parable, those who are members of the same spiritual society. Our Lord appeals as by anticipation to the judgmen...
ἰδόντες οἱ σ. ἐλυπήθησαν : the other fellow-servants were greatly vexed or grieved. At what? the fate of the poor debtor? Why then not pay the debt? (Koetsveld). Not sympathy so much as annoyance at t...
_The other side of the picture_....
_Parable of unmerciful servant_....
FORGIVEN YET UNFORGIVING Matthew 18:21-35 _Seventy times seven_ is illimitable forgiveness. These numbers denote the perfection of perfection; and if God asks so much of _us,_ what is _He_ not prepa...
What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He replied by an act, and a statement growing out of that act. The ch...
FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER Matthew 18:21-35. _“Then Peter, coming to Him, said, Lord, how frequently shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? Jesus says to him, I do not say u...
"Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? (22) Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until sev...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
31._When his fellow-servants saw what was done. _Though we ought not to search for mystery in these words — because they contain nothing but what nature teaches, and what we learn by daily experience...
In chapter 18 the great principles proper to the new order of things are made known to the disciples. Let us search a little into these sweet and precious instructions of the Lord. They may be looked...
SO WHEN HIS FELLOW SERVANTS SAW WHAT WAS DONE,.... What hard usage, and ill treatment, their fellow servant met with; the Syriac reads, "their fellow servants", being the fellow servants both of the c...
So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Ver. 31. _So when his fellow servants_] The angels, say some, who when they se...
_When his fellow-servants saw what was done_ When they beheld such inhumanity, in such circumstances, and from such a man; _they were very sorry_ Exceedingly grieved at such an instance of unexampled...
Though the Lord Jesus has been seen to forego His own rights, He who is by right infinitely great, the disciples show the opposite attitude in desiring some rights above those of others in the kingdom...
21-35 Though we live wholly on mercy and forgiveness, we are backward to forgive the offences of our brethren. This parable shows how much provocation God has from his family on earth, and how untowa...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:35"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV and the king being moved withcompassion released him and forgave him all the debt, but the servant did not wish even to pity hisown fellow-servant; and the king...
Matthew 18:31 So G1161 his G846 servants G4889 saw G1492 (G5631) done G1096 (G5637) very G4970 grieved...
“So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were deeply sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.” But his fellow-servants saw what he had done. And filled with deep regret at w...
Matthew 18:1-14 forbade offences _against_ the humble. This section teaches how the humble should deal with offences: (1.) as regards the Christian assembly (Matthew 18:15-20); (2.) as regards his own...
Matthew 18:31. SO WHEN HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS, ETC. Not a warrant for complaints to God against the unforgiving. The fellow-servants were exceeding sorry, not ‘angry;' the sorrowful cries of God's people...
TOLD (διεσαφησαν). Made wholly clear to their own lord. That is the usual result in the long run. There is a limit to what people will put up with....
Matthew 18:23 The Unmerciful Servant. The key-notes of this parable are to be found at the beginning and end. It was spoken in order to show that a man should set no limit to the forgiveness of injuri...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the child text. Discipline in the church. Unity in prayer. Law of forgiveness. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter. CONCLUSION: Those are truly great who are truly humble and good, and...
Matthew 18:1. _Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?_ The comparative μειζων _greater,_ is put here for the superlative. By the kingdom of heaven, they meant the worldly glory of the church in...
THEY WERE VERY UPSET. The other servants saw what was being done, and it did not please them at all. So, they went to the master and told him what had happened....
_Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants._ THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT I. That we are all God’s debtors. Debt in the New Testament is a co...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:28 A HUNDRED DENARII was still a large amount (equivalent to about 20 weeks’ wages for a common labor), but it was very little compared to the debt the wicked servant owed ...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:1 The Community of the Messiah Revealed. This is the fourth of Jesus’ five major teachings in Matthew’s Gospel (see Introduction: Key Themes). Jesus instructs his disciples...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 18:22. UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.—That is, as often as there is a cause—a certain number is put for an uncertain (_John Wesley_). Matthew 18:24. TEN THOUSAND TALENTS.—The tal...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 18:1 _Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the mutual duties of Christians_._ _(Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46-42.)...
Now at the same time there came disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (Matthew 18:1) Oh, boy how they longed for this. You're talking about motivation, and the disc...
2 Corinthians 11:21; Genesis 37:2; Hebrews 13:17; Hebrews 13:3;...
Told [δ ι ε σ α φ η σ α ν]. More than merely narrated. The verb is from dia, throughout, and safe w, to explain. They explained the circumstances throughout. Their Lord [τ ω κ υ ρ ι ω ε α υ τ ω ν]. L...
GOD'S FORGIVENESS FOR SINS Matthew 6:14; _Matthew 18:21_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question which the words of our first text propound, is, Is forgiveness conditional? In answering this query we would...