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Verse Matthew 18:23. _THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM_] In respect to _sin,_
_cruelty_, and _oppression_, God will proceed in the kingdom of heaven
(the dispensation of the Gospel) as he did in former times...
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THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED ... - The phrase, “the
kingdom of heaven,” here has reference to the church, or to the way
in which God will deal with his people. “It shall be in my church...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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THEREFORE. On account of this. Greek. _dia_ (App-104.Matthew 18:1;
Matthew 18:1), _touto._
A CERTAIN KING. a man (App-123.). king (Hebraism).
WOULD. wished. Greek. _thelo_. App-102.
TAKE ACCOUNT. to...
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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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_a certain king, which would take account of his servants_ The picture
is drawn from an Oriental Court. The provincial governors, farmers of
taxes, and other high officials are summoned before a despo...
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ἨΘΈΛΗΣΕΝ ΣΥΝΑ͂ΡΑΙ ΛΌΓΟΝ ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΩ͂Ν
ΔΟΎΛΩΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. The picture is drawn from an Oriental
Court. The provincial governors, farmers of taxes, and other high
officials, are summoned before a despotic sove...
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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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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...
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_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...
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ΏΜΟΙΏΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΌΜΟΙΌΩ (G3666)
сравнить, уподобить; _pass._ уподобиться
или стать подобным,
Ή ΘΈΛΗΣΕ Ν _aor. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309)
хотеть, желать,
ΣΥΝΆΡΑΙ _aor. inf. act. от_ ΣΥΝΑΊ...
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THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED, &C.— "_For this reason,_
or, with respect to this matter, I may properly say that _the kingdom
of heaven,_ in its constitution and final process, _may be li...
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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...
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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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Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants.
THEREFORE - `with reference to this matter,' IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
LIKENED UNTO CERTAIN...
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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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18:23 king (b-13) Lit. 'a man a king.'...
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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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A CERTAIN KING] i.e. God. WHICH WOULD TAKE ACCOUNT] RV 'would make a
reckoning with his servants.' 'We are the servants with whom He takes
account. This account, as is plain, is not the final reckonin...
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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...
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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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THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED ... — Over and above the
direct teaching of the parable it has the interest, as regards its
form, of being, in some sense, an advance on those of chapter 13,...
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_Parable of unmerciful servant_....
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διὰ τοῦτο suggests that the aim of the parable is to justify
the apparently unreasonable demand in Matthew 18:22 : unlimited
forgiveness of injuries. After all, says Jesus, suppose ye comply with
the...
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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...
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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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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...
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"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...
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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 KING AND HIS SERVANTS_
‘Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,
which would take account of his servants.’
Matthew 18:23
The parable shows how absolutely the forgivenes...
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23._The kingdom of heaven is compared. _As it is difficult to bend us
to mercy, and as we are quickly seized with weariness, particularly
when we have to bear with many faults of brethren, our Lord co...
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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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THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,.... The Gospel church state, or
the church of Christ under the Gospel dispensation, and the methods of
God's dealings in it;
LIKENED UNTO A CERTAIN KING: or "a man...
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Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants.
Ver. 23. _Which would take account of his servants_] This God doth
daily. 1. In the preaching...
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_Therefore_ In this respect; _the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a
certain king_ Here our Lord illustrates the excellent morality of the
preceding verse by a lively parable; in which is shown “the...
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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; the dealings of Christ with men in the end of
the world and the day of judgment, which were to usher in the last and
crowning stage of his mediatorial dispensation. See Matthew...
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PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT. THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
LIKENED UNTO A CERTAIN KING WHICH WOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF HIS SERVANTS.
"Therefore," because unlimited forgiving in disposition and...
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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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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:35"....
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV
Only, I have said these things with the view of referring his return
when he comes with hiskingdom to the consummation, when he commanded
the servants to whom he...
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Matthew 18:23 Therefore G1223 G5124 kingdom G932 heaven G3772 like
G3666 (G5681) certain G444 king G935 who...
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THE PARABLE OF THE FORGIVEN SERVANT WHO COULD NOT HIMSELF FORGIVE
This subject of repentance and forgiveness was of such importance
under the Kingly Rule of Heaven that Jesus now tells a parable abou...
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MAKE A RECKONING
(συναρα λογον). Seen also in Matthew 25:19. Perhaps a
Latinism, _rationes conferre_. First aorist active infinitive of
συναιρω, to cast up accounts, to settle, to compare accounts
w...
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KINGDOM
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...
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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...
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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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BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE. He now uses a parable to
explain this idea of forgiveness. A KING WHO DECIDED TO CHECK ON HIS
SERVANTS' ACCOUNTS. A king had people working for him who managed h...
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_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...
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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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_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...
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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 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Luke 16:1;...
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A certain king [α ν θ ρ ω π ω β α σ ι λ ε ι]. Lit., a
man, a king. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a human king.
Take account of his servants [σ υ ν α ρ α ι λ ο γ ο ν μ
ε τ α τ ω ν δ ο υ λ ω ν α υ...
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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...
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Therefore — In this respect....
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Our blessed Saviour, to enforce the foregoing doctrine of mutual
forgiveness, propounds. parable; the main scope of which is to shew,
that unless we do actually forgive and pass by injuries done to us...