Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Matthew 18:19
Any thing; that is agreeable to his will.
Any thing; that is agreeable to his will.
MATTHEW 18:19 pa,lin @avmh.n# le,gw {C} It is difficult to decide whether the presence of avmh.n le,gw in the preceding sentence may have prompted scribes to add avmh,n before le,gw at the beginning...
Verse Matthew 18:19. _AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU_] The word αμην, _verily_, is _added_ here, in ninety-eight MSS., (many of which are of the greatest antiquity and importance,) seven editions, all the Arab...
AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TWO OF YOU ... - This is connected with the previous verses. The connection is this: The obstinate man is to be excluded from the church, Matthew 18:17. The care of the c...
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...
"Again, I tell you, that if two of you agree upon earth upon any matter for which you are praying, you will receive it from my Father who is in Heaven. Where two or three are assembled together in my...
AS TOUCHING. concerning. Greek. _peri_. App-104. THING. matter. ASK. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134. OF. from. Greek. _para_....
The slight digression is continued. Christ thinks of His Church. Not only shall your decisions be ratified, but your requests shall be granted, provided ye agree....
Forgiveness of Sins. Luke 17:3-4 God's forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
ΣΥΜΦΩΝΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ has far higher authority than συμφωνήσωσιν, a grammatical correction. 19. The slight digression is continued. Christ thinks of His Church. Not only shall your decisions be ratified, but...
FORGIVENESS OF SINS Luke 17:3-4 God’s forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
VER 18. "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, WHATSOEVER YE SHALL BIND ON EARTH SHALL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN: AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL LOOSE ON EARTH SHALL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN. 19. AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TWO OF Y...
_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DESIRE FOR FELLOWSHIP MATTHEW 18:15-20:_ God provided a way for brethren to settle their differences. God's way always works. If your brothers wrongs yo...
ΌΤΙ (G3754) = границы цитаты (речитативное использование), ΣΥΜΦΩΝΉΣΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΈΩ (G4856) согласиться; _букв._ "вместе произвести звук". Насчет прист. _см._ МН, 324f. ΟΎ (G3756))...
DISCOURSE: 1382 THE EFFICACY OF SOCIAL PRAYER Matthew 18:19. _Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my...
AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU— Further to encourage good men to be very earnest in their endeavours to bring sinners to repentance, he assured them, that if they prayed to God for it, he would hear them, provi...
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...
C. ENLIST THE STRENGTH OF THE CONGREGATION (18:17-20) Matthew 18:17 AND IF HE REFUSE TO HEAR THEM, he has already failed a test that determines just how sincerely determined he is to remain with Chris...
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TW...
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...
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)....
TREATMENT OF AN ERRING BROTHER (peculiar to St. Matthew). The connexion with what precedes is as follows: 'Despise not one of the “little ones” (Matthew 18:10); if, however, one “offends against thee,...
AGAIN I SAY] Having promised the ratification in heaven of the judicial decisions of the Church, Jesus proceeds to say the same thing about the prayers of Christians. He lays stress on united prayer....
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...
SHALL AGREE ON EARTH. — The promise, as before, is dependent on implied conditions. Those who pray must be gathered together in the name of Christ (Matthew 18:20), _i.e.,_ as trusting to His intercess...
πάλιν ἀμὴν : a second _amen_, introducing a new thought of parallel importance to the former, in Matthew 18:18. ἐὰν δύο : two; not the measure of Christ's expectation of agreement among His disciples,...
_Promise of the power and presence of God to encourage concord_....
SAVING THE STRAYING Matthew 18:10-20 How tenderly the Master speaks of the children! We must turn back to become like them, Matthew 18:3. To cause them to stumble is to incur terrible penalties, Mat...
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...
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall (l) agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. (l) This word, which is normall...
_That if two of you. From these words, we learn how superior is public to private prayer. The efficacy of the former is attributed to the presence of Christ in those assemblies. The Father, for his So...
EFFICIENCY OF PRAYER Matthew 18:19-20. _“Again I say unto you, If two of you shall agree on earth concerning anything which you may ask, it shall be done unto you by My Father who is in the heavens. F...
CHURCH DISCIPLINE Matthew 18:15-20. _“If thy brother may sin, go, convict him, between thee and him alone.”_ Many a time you can win him by thus going privately and quietly, with the loving overtures...
"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (16) But if he will not hear thee, then...
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...
_THE BELIEVER’S PRAYER_ ‘If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered t...
19._Again I say to you. _He confirms the former statement; for not only will God bestow the spirit of wisdom and prudence on those who ask it, but he will also provide that not one thing which they sh...
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...
AGAIN, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... As the words in the former verse seem to regard the whole body of the disciples, whose decisions in cases brought before them, declaring them just or unjust, are determinate...
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Ver. 19. _If two of you shall agree...
_Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth_ By excommunication, pronounced in the Spirit and power of Christ; _whatsoever ye shall loose_ By absolution from that sentence. See note on chap. Matthew 16:19. In...
The power of the congregation:...
AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF TWO OF YOU SHALL AGREE ON EARTH AS TOUCHING ANYTHING THAT THEY SHALL ASK, IT SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN....
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...
15-20 If a professed Christian is wronged by another, he ought not to complain of it to others, as is often done merely upon report, but to go to the offender privately, state the matter kindly, and...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:20"....
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians For if I in this brief space of time, have enjoyed such fellowship with your bishop-I mean not of a mere human, but of a spiritual nature-how much more do I reckon...
Matthew 18:19 Again G3825 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 if G1437 two G1417 you G5216 agree...
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THIS LOVE AND HUMILITY IN DEALINGS WITH THE NEW CONGREGATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE (18:15-20). Having expressed the concern that His true disciples must have to walk as humbly a...
“Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.” The question that arises here is as to...
Matthew 18:19. IF TWO OF YOU. ‘Two' could still constitute a fellowship. SHALL AGREE ON EARTH. This agreement could only be wrought by the Holy Spirit, selfish ends being excluded from the nature of...
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...
SHALL AGREE (συμφωνησωσιν). Our word "symphony" is this very root. It is no longer looked at as a concord of voices, a chorus in harmony, though that would be very appropriate in a church meeting r...
Matthew 18:19 I. When we consider the great promises which are made to prayer, and particularly the great blessing attached to public worship which the words of the text imply; when we consider, moreo...
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...
19-20. WHENEVER TWO OF YOU ON EARTH. Just two [or more] form a "messianic community" [church, congregation]. The united prayers of this group will be heard by God. I AM THERE WITH THEM. Jesus promises...
_For when two or three are gathered together in My name._ THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN THE SANCTUARY I. What is implied in this promise or the divine presence. God comes not here as to a court of assiz...
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...
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 18:15. MOREOVER, etc.—Better, _and if thy brother shall sin_. A twofold train of thought is traceable in what follows. 1. The presence of “offences” implies sin, and the ques...
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 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14; Acts 1:14; Acts 12:5; Acts 2:1;...
Shall agree [σ υ μ φ ω ν η σ ο υ σ ι ν]. From sun, together, and fwnh, sound or voice. Transcribed in our word symphony. It has so far lost its distinctive character as a concord of voices as to be us...
Here we have. gracious promise made by Christ of his presence with all his members in general, and with is ministers in special; whenever they meet TOGETHER IN HIS NAME, that is by his authority, in o...