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Charles Rose Commentaries

Matthew 18:28

έξελθών aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от έξέρχομαι (G1831) выходить,
εύρεν aor. ind. act. от εύρίσκω (G2147) находить,
ώφειλεν impf. ind. act. от οφείλω (G3784) быть должным,
δηνάριον (G1220) динарий. Римекая серебряная монета, около 18 центов. Это была средняя дневная плата работнику (BAGD; см. Matthew 18:24). Это была одна шестисоттысячная часть его прощенного долга (McNeile).
κρατήσας aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от κρατέω (G2902) брать, хватать, захватывать,
έπνιγεν impf. ind. act. от πνίγω (G4155) душить. Inch, impf., "он начал душить"
άπόδος aor. imper. act. от άποδίδωμι (G591) расплачиваться,
ει если. Предполагает реальность случая. Выражает безжалостную логику (Meyer).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 18:28. _A HUNDRED PENCE_] Rather _denarii_. The _denarius_ was a Roman coin, worth about _seven-pence halfpenny_ English. The original word should be retained, as our word _penny_ does...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT THE SAME SERVANT WENT OUT, AND FOUND ONE OF HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS WHICH OWED HIM AN HUNDRED PENCE - Greek, δεναριον denarion; Latin, denarius; a Roman silver coin in common use. When Greece became s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἕνα τ. συνδούλων ἀ.: a _fellow_ -slave though a humble one, which he should have remembered, but did not. ἑκατὸν δηνάρια : some fifty shillings; an utterly insignificant debt, which, coming out from t...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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