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Verse Matthew 18:21. _TILL SEVEN TIMES?_] Though _seven_ was a number
of perfection among the Hebrews, and often meant much more than the
units in it imply, yet it is evident that Peter uses it here...
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THEN CAME PETER ... - The mention of the duty Matthew 18:15 of seeing
a brother when he had offended us, implying that it was a duty to
forgive him, led Peter to ask how often this was to be done.
FOR...
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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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SIN. Greek. _hamartano._ App-128....
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_till seven times?_ The Rabbinical rule was that no one should ask
forgiveness of his neighbour more than thrice. Peter, who asks as a
scribe a scribe's question, thought he was making a great advance...
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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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ἝΩΣ ἙΠΤΆΚΙΣ. The Rabbinical rule was that no one should
ask forgiveness of his neighbour more than thrice. Peter, who asks as
a scribe a scribe’s question, thought he was making a great advance
in lib...
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VER 21. 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,...
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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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ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ
(G4334), _см._ Matthew 18:1. Temp, или сопутств. _part._
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 18:17.
ΠΟΣΆΚΙΣ (G4212) "сколько раз?" "как часто?"
άμαρτήσ
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THEN CAME PETER—AND SAID, LORD, HOW OFT, &C.— _If my brother
repeatedly trespass against me; how often must I forgive him?_
Campbell. When our Saviour had given his advice for the accommodation
of dif...
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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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VI. YOUR HUMILITY AND SENSITIVITY TO OTHERS IS JUDGED BY YOUR
READINESS TO FORGIVE OR SHOW MERCY. (18:21-35)
A. PETER'S QUESTION: HOW MANY TIMES FORGIVE? (18:21)
Matthew 18:21 THEN CAME PETER, AND SAI...
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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?
THEN CAME PETER TO HIM, AND SAID, LORD, HOW OFT SHALL MY BROTHER SIN
AGAINST ME...
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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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SEVEN TIMES] Peter thought himself more than twice as liberal as the
rabbis. Our Lord's reply (Matthew 18:22) teaches that there must be no
limit to human pardon, as there is none to Gods: see on Matt...
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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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HOW OFT SHALL MY BROTHER SIN...? — The words of Matthew 18:15 had
obviously told on the minds of the disciples, and had roused them to
question with themselves. But they could not, all at once, take i...
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_Peter's question about forgiving_. The second of two interpellations
in the course of Christ's discourse (_vide_ Mark 9:38-41; Luke
9:49-50). Such words touch sensitive consciences, and the
interrupt...
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ποσάκις, etc.: the question naturally arose out of the
directions for dealing with an offending brother, which could only be
carried out by one of placable disposition. Their presupposition is
that a...
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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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(7) Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
(7) They will find God severe and not too pleased, who do not forgive
their b...
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St. Peter knew the Jews to be much given to revenge; he therefore
thought it a great proof of superior virtue to be able to forgive
seven times. It was for this reason he proposed this question to our...
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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 SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS_
‘Then came Peter to Him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive Him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto
him, I say not unto thee, Until sev...
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Matthew 18:21._Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me?
_Peter made this objection according to the natural feelings and
disposition of the flesh. It is natural to all men to wish to be
for...
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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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THEN CAME PETER UNTO HIM,.... Having heard and observed the rules
Christ gave concerning offences and brotherly reproofs, he drew near
to Christ, and put this question to him:
AND SAID, LORD, HOW OFT...
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_Then came Peter_ When Jesus had given this advice for the
accommodation of differences among his disciples, Peter, imagining it
might be abused by ill-disposed persons, as an encouragement to offer
i...
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However numerous or aggravated are the offences of any brother, if he
give evidence of penitence by confessing and forsaking his sins, all
are bound to forgive him....
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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?...
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True forgiveness:...
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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 18:22"....
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Tertullian On Prayer
his debt;[53]
Tertullian On Prayer
And when Peter had put the question whether remission were to be
granted to a brother seven times, "Nay," saith He, "seventy-seven
times; "[5...
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Matthew 18:21 Then G5119 Peter G4074 came G4334 (G5631) Him G846 said
G2036 (G5627) Lord G2962 often...
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‘Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my
brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” '
Peter here reveals how God's compassion has come home to him through
the te...
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BUT HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE FORGIVE? (18:21-22).
The idea that disciples should approach those who have sinned against
them and seek to be reconciled with them raised in Peter's mind the
question of how o...
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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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Matthew 18:21. THEN CAME PETER, etc. The question was a moral fruit of
the previous discourse.
HOW OFT. The Rabbins said, three times; Peter increased the number to
the sacred one of SEVEN....
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UNTIL SEVEN TIMES?
(εως επτακισ?) Peter thought that he was generous as the
Jewish rule was three times (Amos 1:6). His question goes back to
verse Matthew 18:15. "Against me" is genuine here. "The...
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SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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Matthew 18:21
I. Today's Gospel has a side of comfort to us. It reminds us it puts
the truth in a way that none can possibly mistake of the largeness,
the freeness, of God's forgiveness. "He loosed hi...
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Matthew 18:21
You will not find a single saying of Christ which has any approach to
a maxim of morality, or which draws near to a limited opinion on the
subjects which belong to religious life, or tho...
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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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THEN PETER CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED. Jesus had just spoken about going
to a brother who had sinned against you, to make peace. Peter wants to
know just how far he is obligated to forgive someone. SEVEN...
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_Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?_
THE FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES
I. The best exemplification of the spirit of forgiveness is our
Lord’s own life. There were two kinds o...
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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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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:21 HOW OFTEN WILL... I FORGIVE HIM? In
Judaism, forgiving three times showed a generous spirit. PETER
believes he has been particularly kind (seven times
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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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Luke 17:3; Luke 17:4; Matthew 18:15...
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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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Here St. Peter puts. question to our Saviour, how often Christians
should forgive offences to their brethren professing repentance:
Christ answers that there should be no end of our mutually forgiving...