Christ's care for His Little Ones illustrated by a Parable. Luke 15:3-7
After a brief digression (Matthew 18:7), Christ's love for His young disciples again breaks out in words. Let no one despise them. They have unseen friends in the court of heaven, who are ever in the presence of the King himself. There, at any rate, they are not despised. It was for them especially that the Son of Man came to earth.
Verse Matthew 18:10. _ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES_] One of my simple, loving, humble disciples. _THEIR ANGELS - ALWAYS BEHOLD_] Our Lord here not only alludes to, but, in my opinion, establishes the no...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES. ... - That is, one who has become like a little child, or a Christian. FOR I SAY UNTO YOU ... - Jesus then proceeds to state the reason why we s...
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...
A CONVERSATION WITH THE TWELVE. For Matthew 18:1, the question of precedence, _cf._ Mark 9:33 *, also Matthew 20:26 f., Mark 10:43 f.,...
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...
NOT Greek. _me_ App-105. THEIR ANGELS. Their servants (Hebrews 1:14), The tradition of so-called "guardian" angels has no foundation in this. THAT WHICH WAS LOST. Compare Matthew 15:24.Matthew 15:12
CHRIST’S CARE FOR HIS LITTLE ONES ILLUSTRATED BY A PARABLE Luke 15:3-7. After a brief digression (Matthew 18:7-9), Christ’s love for His young disciples again breaks out in words. Let no one despise...
ΟἹ ἌΓΓΕΛΟΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. In these words our Lord sanctions the Jewish belief in guardian angels. Cp. Acts 12:15, ὁ ἄγγελός ἐστιν αὐτοῦ, and Hebrews 1:14, οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶν λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα εἰς διακονία...
Ver 10. "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 11. For the Son of man is co...
_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED BY CONCERN FOR OTHERS MATTHEW 18:10-14:_ God is concerned about the individual. Christians should share that concern. "Even so it is not the will of your Fat...
ΌΡΆΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) смотреть, присматривать, ΚΑΤΑΦΡΟΝΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΦΡΟΝΈΩ (G2706) презирать. _Conj._ с отр. ΜΉ выражает запрет. Указывает, что действие не дол...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT, &C.— Because pride, or a high opinion of one's self, with the contempt of others, is often the parent of offences, our Lord solemnly cautioned his disciples against that...
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...
IV. YOUR HUMILITY AND SENSITIVITY TO THE WEAK IS MEASURED AGAINST HEAVEN'S CONCERN FOR THEM. (18:10-14) Matthew 18:10 SEE THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES. DESPISE (_kataphronésete_) means...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE ('STUMBL...
24 See Exo_30:11-16; Exo_38:25-26. 24 According to the law every one who was numbered in Israel, being over twenty years of age, paid half a shekel to shelter his soul (Exo_30:12-14). It was used for...
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)....
THEIR ANGELS] Though the general ministry of angels to those who are heirs of salvation is generally assumed in the NT. (Hebrews 1:14, etc.), only this passage and Acts 12:15 teach that a special guar...
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...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT. — The words remind us of what we are apt to forget in the wider range of the preceding verses. The child was still there, perhaps still folded in the arms of Jesus, stil...
_Ambition rebuked_ (Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50; Luke 15:3-7; Luke 17:1-4)....
ὁρᾶτε μὴ καταφ.: μὴ with the subj. in an object clause after a verb meaning to take heed; common N. T. usage; _vide_ Matthew 24:4; Acts 13:40, etc. ἑνὸς, _one_, again. λέγω γὰρ : something solemn to b...
Still the subject is the child as the ideal representative of the insignificant, apt to be despised by the ambitious. From this point onwards Mt. goes pretty much his own way, giving _logia_ of Jesus...
SAVING THE STRAYING Matthew 18:10-20 How tenderly the Master speaks of the children! We must turn back to become like them, Matthew 18:3. To cause them to stumble is to incur terrible penalties, Mat...
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...
(4) Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. (4) The weaker that a man is, th...
Their angels. The Jews also believed that men had their good angels, or angels appointed to be their guardians. See Genesis xlviii. 16. (Witham) --- Observe the dignity of the humble and little, whom...
CHAPTER 34 GUARDIAN ANGELS Matthew 18:10. _“See that you do not look with contempt on one of these little ones; for I say unto you, Their angels, in the heavens, do always behold the face of My Fathe...
"Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (8) Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and c...
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...
_SOURCES OF CONTEMPT_ ‘Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven.’ Matthew 18:...
10._Beware of despising one of these little ones _As pride is the mother of disdain, and as contempt hardens men in giving _offense_, our Lord, for the purpose of applying an appropriate remedy for cu...
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...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES,.... That is, one of those little ones that believed in Christ; for he is not speaking of infants in age, but of those who might be compared to s...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Ver. 10. _Take heed that ye despise...
_See that ye despise not one of these little ones_ As if they were beneath your notice. Be careful to _receive_, and not to _offend_, the very weakest believer in Christ: for, as inconsiderable as som...
THESE LITTLE ONES; these disciples of mine, who are little ones in character. See note on ver Matthew 18:3. The precept has reference to all Christ's humble followers, but is more especially applicabl...
Warning against arrogance:...
TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES; FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IN HEAVEN THEIR ANGELS DO ALWAYS BEHOLD THE FACE OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN....
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...
7-14 Considering the cunning and malice of Satan, and the weakness and depravity of men's hearts, it is not possible but that there should be offences. God permits them for wise and holy ends, that t...
Our Saviour having before declared how dear believing souls are unto him, though their quality or parts be not like others, here he gives the world a further charge not to _despise, _ that is, not to...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I The diverse sounds (he adds) are those which give form to that Aeon who is without material substance and unbegotten, and these, again, are the forms which the Lord h...
Matthew 18:10 heed G3708 (G5720) not G3361 despise G2706 (G5661) one G1520 these G5130 ones G3398 for...
A POWERFUL WARNING AGAINST BEING A CAUSE OF STUMBLING TO YOUNG BELIEVERS (18:5-10). Jesus now moves on from a consideration of the need for His disciples to have become ‘as little children' in regard...
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.” Then Jesus returns to His main theme. Lit...
The whole chapter forms one discourse, delivered upon one occasion, after the return to Capernaum, probably immediately succeeding the miracle just mentioned. Two distinct topics are spoken of: the _f...
Matthew 18:10. SEE. Little ones are made to offend through contempt or disregard for them in their littleness. THESE LITTLE ONES. A direct address to the disciples in view of their question: Who shal...
DESPISE (καταφρονησητε). Literally, "think down on," with the assumption of superiority.THEIR ANGELS (ο αγγελο αυτων). The Jews believed that each nation had a guardian angel (Daniel 10:13; Daniel...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Matthew 18:10 Think of His words, and you will see, first, that Jesus isolates each of us, setting us one by one apart: "despise not _one;_" He is come to save that one; "if one of them be gone astray...
Matthew 18:10 I. What is meant to be impressed upon us by the text is that in our carelessness about sin and God's service we stand, as it were, alone in creation; that higher beings view with interes...
Matthew 18:1. _At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?_ The question we have sometimes heard asked in other forms, «Which is the highest...
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...
SEE THAT YOU DON'T DESPISE ANY OF THESE LITTLE ONES. In the Kingdom of heaven, there are no unimportant people! The Jews [Pharisees, teachers of the Law, Sadducees] believed they were the "elite" and...
_Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones._ CONTEMPT Look at the sources of contempt; and what are its correctives. I. The sources of contempt. 1. Want of knowledge will produce cont...
GUARDIAN ANGELS In heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:10. Do you like a story with an angel in it? I do. There is a sort of other-world feeling...
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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:10 The heavenly Father uses angels to care for his childlike disciples (see Hebrews 1:14). ALWAYS SEE THE FACE OF MY FATHER. These angels have c
1-35 CHAPTER 18 _At that time came_, &c. There seems to be a discrepancy here with Mark 9:31, where it is said that the disciples disputed about this matter in the way, and that afterwards, when they...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 18:5. ONE SUCH LITTLE CHILD.—Whether literally or only morally a little child. Our Saviour had reference, we doubt not, to both phases of childhood. That He refers to literal...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 16:11; 1 Corinthians 8:8; 1 Corinthians 9:22;...
See that ye despise not one of these little ones — As if they were beneath your notice. Be careful to receive and not to offend, the very weakest believer in Christ: for as inconsiderable as some of t...
Observe here, 1. cautionary direction given by Christ to the men of the world concerning his members; TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT OFFEND ONE OF MY LITTLE ONES; that is, that ye do not undervalue and negl...