John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:34
And his Lord was wroth ,.... Very angry, greatly incensed, and justly provoked at such inhuman treatment: and delivered him to the tormentors , or jail keepers. The Ethiopic version renders it, "to them that judge", or the judges; Munster's Hebrew Gospel, "to the punishers", or such that inflicted punishment according to the decree of the judge: from both, the sense may be, that he was delivered over to proper judges of his case, to be treated as the nature of it required, to be cast... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:33
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion ..... It is but reasonable, what ought to be, and may be expected, that such who have received mercy, should show mercy; and as the Lord had compassion on this man, and had forgiven him such an immense sum, and saved him, his wife and children, from being sold for bondslaves, the least he could have done after this, would have been to have followed such an example, and have had mercy, as his Lord says to him, on thy fellow servant ; between... read more