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MATTHEW 18:19 pa,lin @avmh.n# le,gw {C}
It is difficult to decide whether the presence of avmh.n le,gw in the
preceding sentence may have prompted scribes to add avmh,n before
le,gw at the beginning...
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Verse Matthew 18:19. _AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU_] The word αμην,
_verily_, is _added_ here, in ninety-eight MSS., (many of which are of
the greatest antiquity and importance,) seven editions, all the
Arab...
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AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TWO OF YOU ... - This is connected with
the previous verses. The connection is this: The obstinate man is to
be excluded from the church, Matthew 18:17. The care of the c...
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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...
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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.,...
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"Again, I tell you, that if two of you agree upon earth upon any
matter for which you are praying, you will receive it from my Father
who is in Heaven. Where two or three are assembled together in my...
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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...
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AS TOUCHING. concerning. Greek. _peri_. App-104.
THING. matter.
ASK. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134.
OF. from. Greek. _para_....
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The slight digression is continued. Christ thinks of His Church. Not
only shall your decisions be ratified, but your requests shall be
granted, provided ye agree....
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Forgiveness of Sins. Luke 17:3-4
God's forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among
men....
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FORGIVENESS OF SINS
Luke 17:3-4
God’s forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among
men....
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ΣΥΜΦΩΝΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ has far higher authority than
συμφωνήσωσιν, a grammatical correction.
19. The slight digression is continued. Christ thinks of His Church.
Not only shall your decisions be ratified, but...
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VER 18. "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, WHATSOEVER YE SHALL BIND ON EARTH
SHALL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN: AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL LOOSE ON EARTH SHALL
BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN. 19. AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TWO OF Y...
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_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DESIRE FOR FELLOWSHIP
MATTHEW 18:15-20:_ God provided a way for brethren to settle their
differences. God's way always works. If your brothers wrongs yo...
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DISCOURSE: 1382
THE EFFICACY OF SOCIAL PRAYER
Matthew 18:19. _Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree
on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done
for them of my...
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AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU— Further to encourage good men to be very
earnest in their endeavours to bring sinners to repentance, he assured
them, that if they prayed to God for it, he would hear them, provi...
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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...
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C. ENLIST THE STRENGTH OF THE CONGREGATION (18:17-20)
Matthew 18:17 AND IF HE REFUSE TO HEAR THEM, he has already failed a
test that determines just how sincerely determined he is to remain
with Chris...
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Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of
my Father which is in heaven.
AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TW...
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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...
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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)....
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TREATMENT OF AN ERRING BROTHER (peculiar to St. Matthew). The
connexion with what precedes is as follows: 'Despise not one of the
“little ones” (Matthew 18:10); if, however, one “offends against
thee,...
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AGAIN I SAY] Having promised the ratification in heaven of the
judicial decisions of the Church, Jesus proceeds to say the same thing
about the prayers of Christians. He lays stress on united prayer....
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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...
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SHALL AGREE ON EARTH. — The promise, as before, is dependent on
implied conditions. Those who pray must be gathered together in the
name of Christ (Matthew 18:20), _i.e.,_ as trusting to His
intercess...
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_Promise of the power and presence of God to encourage concord_....
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πάλιν ἀμὴν : a second _amen_, introducing a new thought of
parallel importance to the former, in Matthew 18:18. ἐὰν δύο :
two; not the measure of Christ's expectation of agreement among His
disciples,...
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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...
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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...
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Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall (l) agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of
my Father which is in heaven.
(l) This word, which is normall...
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_That if two of you. From these words, we learn how superior is public
to private prayer. The efficacy of the former is attributed to the
presence of Christ in those assemblies. The Father, for his So...
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CHURCH DISCIPLINE
Matthew 18:15-20. _“If thy brother may sin, go, convict him, between
thee and him alone.”_ Many a time you can win him by thus going
privately and quietly, with the loving overtures...
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EFFICIENCY OF PRAYER
Matthew 18:19-20. _“Again I say unto you, If two of you shall agree
on earth concerning anything which you may ask, it shall be done unto
you by My Father who is in the heavens. F...
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"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him
his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother. (16) But if he will not hear thee, then...
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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...
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_THE BELIEVER’S PRAYER_
‘If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they
shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered t...
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19._Again I say to you. _He confirms the former statement; for not
only will God bestow the spirit of wisdom and prudence on those who
ask it, but he will also provide that not one thing which they sh...
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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...
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AGAIN, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... As the words in the former verse seem to
regard the whole body of the disciples, whose decisions in cases
brought before them, declaring them just or unjust, are determinate...
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Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of
my Father which is in heaven.
Ver. 19. _If two of you shall agree...
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_Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth_ By excommunication, pronounced in
the Spirit and power of Christ; _whatsoever ye shall loose_ By
absolution from that sentence. See note on chap. Matthew 16:19. In...
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ANY THING; that is agreeable to his will....
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The power of the congregation:...
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AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TWO OF YOU SHALL AGREE ON EARTH AS
TOUCHING ANYTHING THAT THEY SHALL ASK, IT SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM OF MY
FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN....
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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...
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15-20 If a professed Christian is wronged by another, he ought not to
complain of it to others, as is often done merely upon report, but to
go to the offender privately, state the matter kindly, and...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:20"....
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
For if I in this brief space of time, have enjoyed such fellowship
with your bishop-I mean not of a mere human, but of a spiritual
nature-how much more do I reckon...
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Matthew 18:19 Again G3825 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 if
G1437 two G1417 you G5216 agree...
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“Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father who is in heaven.”
The question that arises here is as to...
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THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THIS LOVE AND HUMILITY IN DEALINGS WITH
THE NEW CONGREGATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE (18:15-20).
Having expressed the concern that His true disciples must have to walk
as humbly a...
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Matthew 18:19. IF TWO OF YOU. ‘Two' could still constitute a
fellowship.
SHALL AGREE ON EARTH. This agreement could only be wrought by the
Holy Spirit, selfish ends being excluded from the nature of...
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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...
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SHALL AGREE
(συμφωνησωσιν). Our word "symphony" is this very root. It
is no longer looked at as a concord of voices, a chorus in harmony,
though that would be very appropriate in a church meeting r...
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Matthew 18:19
I. When we consider the great promises which are made to prayer, and
particularly the great blessing attached to public worship which the
words of the text imply; when we consider, moreo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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19-20.
WHENEVER TWO OF YOU ON EARTH. Just two [or more] form a "messianic
community" [church, congregation]. The united prayers of this group
will be heard by God. I AM THERE WITH THEM. Jesus promises...
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_For when two or three are gathered together in My name._
THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN THE SANCTUARY
I. What is implied in this promise or the divine presence. God comes
not here as to a court of assiz...
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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...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 18:15. MOREOVER, etc.—Better, _and if thy brother shall
sin_. A twofold train of thought is traceable in what follows.
1. The presence of “offences” implies sin, and the ques...
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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.)...
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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...
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1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14; Acts 1:14; Acts 12:5; Acts 2:1;...
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Shall agree [σ υ μ φ ω ν η σ ο υ σ ι ν]. From sun,
together, and fwnh, sound or voice. Transcribed in our word symphony.
It has so far lost its distinctive character as a concord of voices as
to be us...
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Here we have. gracious promise made by Christ of his presence with all
his members in general, and with is ministers in special; whenever
they meet TOGETHER IN HIS NAME, that is by his authority, in o...