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MATTHEW 18:26 le,gwn {A}
Although ku,rie may have been omitted in order to conform the passage
to ver. Matthew 18:29, it is more likely that the word was inserted in
order to adapt the exp...
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Verse Matthew 18:26. _FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED HIM_]
προσεκυνει αυτω, _crouched as a dog before him_, with
the greatest deference, submission, and anxiety.
_HAVE PATIENCE WITH ME_] μακροθυμησον επ' ε...
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THE SERVANT THEREFORE FELL DOWN, AND WORSHIPPED HIM - This does not
mean that he paid him religious homage, but that in a humble,
reverent, and earnest manner he entreated him to have patience with
hi...
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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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WORSHIPPED. did homage. See App-134 and App-137 :1.
WITH. Greek. _epi._ App-104. (Tr. reads 3)....
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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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_worshipped him_ The imperfect tense in the original denotes
persistence....
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ΠΡΟΣΕΚΎΝΕΙ. The imperfect tense denotes persistence....
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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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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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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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The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
THE SERVANT THEREFORE FELL DOWN, AND WORSHIPPED HIM - or did humble
obeisance to...
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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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WORSHIPPED] i.e. prostrated himself.
I WILL PAY THEE ALL] a sign that his repentance was very superficial,
as indeed his subsequent conduct showed. Yet the merciful God accepted
even this imperfect r...
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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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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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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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FELL DOWN, AND WORSHIPPED HIM. — The word implies simply the
prostrate homage of a servant crouching before his master.
I WILL PAY THEE ALL. — The promise was, under such circumstances, an
idle boast,...
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μακροθύμησον : a Hellenistic word, sometimes used in the
sense of deferring anger (Proverbs 19:11 (Sept [106]), the
corresponding adjective in Psalms 86:15; _cf._ 1 Corinthians 13:4;...
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_Parable of unmerciful servant_....
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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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The servant therefore fell down, and (n) worshipped him, saying, Lord,
(o) have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
(n) This was a polite reverence which was very common in the East.
(o) Yiel...
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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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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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THE SERVANT THEREFORE FELL DOWN,.... At his feet, upon his knees, or
on his face, to the ground; not being able to stand before him, or
look him in the face, and much less to answer the demands of his...
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The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Ver. 26. _The servant therefore fell down_] This was the ready way to
disarm his mas...
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_One was brought who owed him ten thousand talents_ That is, according
to the lowest computation, about two millions sterling. But it is
probable, as the Prussian editors say, that the _ten thousand t...
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THE SERVANT, THEREFORE, FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM, SAYING, LORD,
HAVE PATIENCE WITH ME, AND I WILL PAY THEE ALL....
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The staggering debt:...
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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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WORSHIPPED HIM:
Or, besought him...
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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
And he makes a request that he be notsold along with his own, but may
continue to abide in the house of the king; wherefore he fell downand
worshipped him, knowi...
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Matthew 18:26 servant G1401 therefore G3767 down G4098 (G5631) before
G4352 (G5707) him G846 saying G3004 ...
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“The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying,
‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' ”
Being faced up to his debt the servant was ‘repentant'. He offered
that somehow if...
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Matthew 18:26. I WILL PAY THEE ALL. In fear and terror he makes a
promise he could not fulfil. The special application is to one
convicted of sin and fearing God's wrath, promising a self-righteous
ob...
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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 18:23
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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BE PATIENT WITH ME! This servant gets down on his knees and begs for
mercy! I WILL PAY YOU EVERYTHING! This promise is beyond his ability
to pay, but he may have believed that he could....
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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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Luke 7:43; Matthew 18:29; Romans 10:3...
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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...