Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Matthew 18:30
Went [α π ε λ θ ω ν]. Lit. went away : dragging the other with him to judgment.
Went [α π ε λ θ ω ν]. Lit. went away : dragging the other with him to judgment.
Verse Matthew 18:30. _AND HE WOULD NOT_, c.] To the _unmerciful_, God will show _no mercy_ this is an eternal purpose of the Lord, which never can be changed. God teaches us what to do to a _fellow-s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CAST HIM INTO PRISON. The _Papyri_ show that this was. widespread Graeco-Roman-Egyptian custom....
Forgiveness of Sins. Luke 17:3-4 God's forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
FORGIVENESS OF SINS Luke 17:3-4 God’s forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
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...
_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...
ΉΘΕΛΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ, _см._ Matthew 18:23. _Impf._ настойчивого отказа (RWP). ΆΠΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565) выходить, ΈΒΑΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать, швы...
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. 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...
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. AND HE WOULD NOT; BUT WENT AND CAST HIM INTO PRISON, UNTIL HE SHOULD PAY THE DEBT....
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...
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...
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)....
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...
TILL HE SHOULD PAY THE DEBT. — Neither the memory of his lord’s mercy, nor any touch of pity, restrains the man who broods over the memory of wrong. But the course which he takes is, it may be noted,...
_The other side of the picture_....
οὐκ ἤθελεν : no pity awakened by the words which echoed his own petition. “He would not.” Is such conduct credible? Two remarks may be made on this. In parabolic narrations the improbable has sometime...
_Parable of unmerciful servant_....
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
AND HE WOULD NOT,.... Have patience with him, give him time for payment, and forbear severity at present, as he requested: BUT WENT AND CAST HIM INTO PRISON, TILL HE SHOULD PAY THE DEBT; had him befo...
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. Ver. 30. _And he would not, but went, &c._] The true portraiture of an ungrateful and cruel man, that plucketh up the...
_But the same servant_ Thus graciously freed from such an immense debt; _went out_ From the presence of his master; _and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him a hundred pence_ A hundred Roma...
AND HE WOULD NOT, BUT WENT AND CAST HIM INTO PRISON, TILL HE SHOULD PAY THE DEBT. Note the emphasis: Hardly had he left the presence of the king when this happened; it was the identical servant that...
The Revolting lack of mercy:...
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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:35"....
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“And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was due.” But there was no forgiveness in the heart of the unforgiving servant. His own experience had left him untouche...
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...
Matthew 18:30. AND HE WOULD NOT, etc. Entreaty did not move him, his idea of justice must be carried out. Bitter controversy, unforgiving acts of discipline, are defended with ‘justice' as the plea....
AND HE WOULD NOT (ο δε ουκ ηθελεν). Imperfect tense of persistent refusal.TILL HE SHOULD PAY (εως αποδω). This futuristic aorist subjunctive is the rule with εως for a future goal. He was to stay...
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...
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...
BUT HE WOULD NOT! No mercy, no delay he has the fellow servant put in jail until the debt is paid. [The law allowed this to be done.]...
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:28 A HUNDRED DENARII was still a large amount (equivalent to about 20 weeks’ wages for a common labor), but it was very little compared to the debt the wicked servant owed ...
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...
_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...
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 Kings 21:27; 1 Kings 22:27...
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...
Went with him before a magistrate, and cast him into prison, protesting he should lie there, till he should pay the whole debt....