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Verse Matthew 18:9. Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:8....
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IF THY HAND ... - See the notes at Matthew 5:29. The sense in all
these instances is the same. Worldly attachments, friendships, and
employments of any kind, that cannot be pursued without leading us...
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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 C...
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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.,
Luke 9:48; Luke 22:26. Mt. makes the disciples begin the discussi...
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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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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....
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OF OFFENCES
Mark 9:43-48.
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....
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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,...
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_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...
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ΈΞΕΛΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΞΑΙΡΈΩ (G1807)
вынимать,
ΜΟΝΌΦΘΑΛΜΟΣ (G3442) одноглазый.
ΓΈΕΝΝΑ (G1067) геенна, ад (TDNT; _см._ Mark 9:43; Luke
12:5; DJG, 309-12)....
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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, W...
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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....
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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...
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18:9 offend (g-5) That is, 'be a snare to,' verb from _ Skandalon_ .
see Note, ch. 13.57. hell (i-35) Gehenna....
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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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IF THY HAND OR THY FOOT OFFEND THEE. — (See Notes on Matthew 5:29.)
The disciples had heard the words before in the Sermon on the Mount,
but their verbal reproduction, sharpened as by a special person...
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_Ambition rebuked_ (Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50; Luke 15:3-7; Luke
17:1-4)....
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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...
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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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DOOM OF THE WICKED
Matthew 18:8-9; Mark 9:45-48. _“And if thy foot may offend thee, cut
it off; it is good for thee to go into life lame, rather than having
two feet to be cast into hell, into the fir...
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"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...
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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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Matthew 18:8....
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And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast _it_ from thee:
it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than
having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Ver. 9. _Pluck it ou...
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_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...
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HAND-FOOT-EYE; these represent our strongest earthly desires and our
dearest earthly possessions. These must all be denied and renounced
rather than that we, by sinning ourselves, should be occasions...
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A further warning:...
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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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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 th...
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Ver. 7-9. By _offences_ are here meant stumbling blocks to souls, such
persons or actions as are to others temptations to sin. The world,
saith our Savour is full of temptations. Temptations to sin ar...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII
And so it is well, that he who can become the eye of the whole body
should be worthy of Christ and of the whole body; but if such an eye
should ever change, and...
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Matthew 18:9 And G2532 if G1487 your G4675 eye G3788 causes G4624 you
G4571 sin G4624 (G5719) pluck G1807 it G846 out G1807 (G5628) and
G2532 cast G906 (G5628) from G575 you G4675 is G2076 (G5748) bet...
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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...
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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...
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HELL
GEHENNA.
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:22). _...
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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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8-9
IF YOUR HAND OR YOUR FOOT. Symbolic (Compare Matthew 5:29-30). If
there were no other way to avoid sin, it would be a small price to pay
to be able to enter life [that is, to lose hand or foot an...
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_Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee._
RENOUNCING THINGS THAT HINDER
The every-sided development of all our faculties, the inferior, as
well as the more elevated, is certainly to be regarde...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.)
MATTHEW 18:1
_The greatest in the kingdom of...
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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 dis...
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Acts 14:22; Hebrews 4:11; Luke 9:24; Luke 9:25; Matthew 16:26; Matthew
19:17; Matthew 19:23; Matthew 19:24; Revelation 21:27...