Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 18:7-9
OF OFFENCES
From offences—snares and hindrances to the faith of Christ’s little ones—the discourse proceeds to offences in general—everything that hinders the spiritual life.
OF OFFENCES
From offences—snares and hindrances to the faith of Christ’s little ones—the discourse proceeds to offences in general—everything that hinders the spiritual life.
Verse Matthew 18:7. _WO!_] Or, _alas_! ουαι. It is the opinion of some eminent critics, that this word is ever used by our Lord to express _sympathy_ and _concern_. _BECAUSE OF OFFENCES_] Scandals, s...
WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OFFENCES - That is, offences will be the cause of woe or of suffering. Offences, here, mean things that will produce sin: that will cause us to sin, or temptations to ind...
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...
,10 "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me. But whoever puts a stumbling-block in the way of one of these little ones, who believe in me, it is better for him that a great mil...
WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129. BECAUSE OF. Greek. _apo._ BUT. yet, or only. BY. by means of. Greek. _dia._...
Of Offences. Mark 9:43-48 From offences hindrances to the faith of Christ's little ones the discourse proceeds to offences in general every thing that hinders the spiritual life....
Ver 7. "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,...
_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED HUMILITY AND UNDERSTANDING MATTHEW 18:1-9:_ "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the...
ΟΎΑΊ (G3758) горе. Межд., выражающее боль, неудовольствие или угрозу, за которым следует _dat._, указывающий на того, кого эта боль касается (BAGD; EDNT). ΆΠ (G575) с _gen._ обозначает причину (BD, 1...
FOR IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT OFFENCES COME— See Luke 17:1 where our Lord expresses this more fully; _it is impossible but that offences will come;_ impossible, through the weakness, folly, and wickedness...
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...
B. THE WORLD IS BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITS DEATH-TRAPS (18:7) Matthew 18:7 WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OCCASIONS OF STUMBLING! FOR IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT THE OCCASIONS COME; BUT WOE...
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 9:33....
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)....
WOE UNTO THE WORLD] Jesus has been dealing with 'offences,' i.e. temptations to sin, within the Church. He now applies the same principle to the world at large. It is in every case, He says, a greater...
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...
WOE UNTO THE WORLD. — The interjection is one of sorrow as well as denunciation, and here the former meaning is predominant, as the latter is in the next clause of the verse. The true meaning of “offe...
CHAPTER 14 Last Words at Capernaum - Matthew 17:22; Matthew 18:1 THE TEMPLE TRIBUTE Matthew 17:22 THE way southward lies through Galilee; but the time of Galilee's visitation is now over, so Jesus...
οὐαὶ τῶ κόσμῳ, woe to the world, an exclamation of pity at thought of the miseries that come upon mankind through ambitious passions. Some (Bleek, Weiss, etc.) take κόσμος in the sense of the ungodly...
Matthew 18:5-7....
_Ambition rebuked_ (Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50; Luke 15:3-7; Luke 17:1-4)....
REMOVING STUMBLING-BLOCKS Matthew 18:1-9 Our Lord's transfiguration suggested that the time to take up His Kingdom was near; and the Apostles began to arrange their plans. The Master therefore used a...
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...
(3) Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that (c) offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (3) A good man cannot help but experience offences, yet he mus...
It must needs be, not absolutely, but the weakness and wickedness of the world considered that scandals should happen. (Witham) --- Considering the wickedness and corruption of the world, such things...
RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFENDING THE LITTLE ONES Matthew 18:6-8; Mark 9:42-44. “Whosoever may offend one of these little ones who believe in Me, it is better for him rather if a millstone is hung round his...
"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...
_OFFENCES AND RESPONSIBILITIES_ ‘Woe unto the world because or offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!’ Matthew 18:7 Yes, ‘it must needs b...
7._Woe to the world on account of offenses! _This passage may be explained in two ways. It may be taken _actively_, as meaning that Christ pronounces a curse on the authors of _offenses; _and then by...
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...
WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OFFENCES!.... By which are meant, not sins, as sometimes, but rather temptations to sin; and so the Ethiopic version renders this word by "temptation" in every clause, as...
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! Ver. 7. _Woe to the world, because of offences_] Σκανδαλον, _proprie t...
_Wo unto the world because of offences_ That is, unspeakable misery will be in the world through them: _for it must needs be that offences come_ Such is the nature of things, and such the weakness, fo...
WOE UNTO THE WORLD; great evils will come on the world through the offences which men will commit. NEEDS BE, such is the wickedness of men, that they will lead others to commit sin....
A warning:...
WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OFFENSES! FOR IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT OFFENSES COME; BUT WOE TO THAT MAN BY WHOM THE OFFENSE COMETH! Christ is now fairly launched upon a subject which is very near and dea...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:9"....
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV Before all things, it is befitting that we should know both that He Himself and His ambassadors foretold that there must be numerous sects and heresies,[405] Con...
Matthew 18:7 Woe G3759 world G2889 of G575 offenses G4625 For G1063 offenses G4625 must G318 G2076 ...
“Alas (or ‘woe') to the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it is necessary that the occasions come, but alas for that man through whom the occasion comes!” Jesus then expresses His grief at...
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...
Matthew 18:7. WOE UNTO THE WORLD, etc. False disciples, causing Christ's humble followers to stumble, laying burdens on the conscience, cause sin, bring woe on the world. FOR IT MUST NEEDS BE, in vi...
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...
THROUGH WHOM (δι' ου). Jesus recognizes the inevitableness of stumbling-blocks, traps, hindrances, the world being as it is, but he does not absolve the man who sets the trap (cf. Luke 17:1)....
Matthew 18:7 If there is any work in the world which peculiarly deserves the name of the work of the devil, it is the hindrance which men sometimes put in the path in which their fellow-creatures are...
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...
HOW TERRIBLE FOR THE WORLD. There are many temptations to make people turn away from Christ. But this does not take away the punishment from the one who causes such things....
_Woe unto the world because of offences._ CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE Some sinners defend themselves by saying that if they had not tempted their comrades to evil, some one else would. If your action made no...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:6 DROWNED IN THE DEPTH OF THE SEA... FOOT CAUSES YOU TO SIN, CUT IT OFF... EYE CAUSES YOU TO SIN, TEAR IT OUT. Jesus uses deliberate overstatements to emphasize the necessit...
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...
JESUS WARNS AGAINST TEMPTATION MATTHEW 18:7-9; MARK 9:43-50; MATTHEW 18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comet...
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 11:19; 1 Samuel 2:17; 1 Samuel 2:22; 1 Timothy 4:1;...
Wo to the world because of offences — That is, unspeakable misery will be in the world through them; for it must needs be that offences come — Such is the nature of things, and such the weakness, foll...
Two things are here observable: 1. The necessity of scandalous offences: IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT OFFENCES COME: 2. The misery and mischief that comes by them: WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OFFENCES: W...