Matthew 18:32-34 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 18:21-35

This part of the discourse concerning offences is certainly to be understood of personal wrongs, which is in our power to forgive. Now observe, I. Peter's question concerning this matter (Matt. 18:21); Lord, how oft shall my brother trespass against me, and I forgive him? Will it suffice to do it seven times? 1. He takes it for granted that he must forgive; Christ had before taught his disciples this lesson (Matt. 6:14, 15), and Peter has not forgotten it. He knows that he must not only not... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 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 of the Christian. We shall be dealing in detail with these relationships as we study the chapter section by section; but before we do so, it will be well to look at the chapter as a whole. It singles out seven qualities which should mark the personal relationships of the Christian. (i) First and foremost, there is the quality of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:32

Then his Lord, after that he had called him ,.... Or ordered him to be called, and brought before him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant ! Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads, "thou servant of Belial"; thou cruel and hard hearted man to thy fellow servant, and ungrateful creature to me, on whom my goodness to thee has not made any impression, nor taken any effect: I forgave thee all that debt : all that vast debt of ten thousand talents, and that freely: because thou desiredst me :... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:32

His lord, after that he had called him - Alas! how shall he appear! Confounded. What shall he answer? He is speechless! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:33

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion - Ουκ εδει και σε , Did it not become thee also? What a cutting reproach! It became Me to show mercy, when thou didst earnestly entreat me, because I am Merciful, It became thee also to have shown mercy, because thou wert so deep in debt thyself, and hadst obtained mercy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:34

Delivered him to the tormentors - Not only continued captivity is here intended, but the tortures to be endured in it. If a person was suspected of fraud, as there was reason for in such a case as that mentioned here, he was put to very cruel tortures among the Asiatics, to induce him to confess. In the punishments of China, a great variety of these appear; and probably there is an allusion to such torments in this place. Before, he and all that he had, were only to be sold. Now, as he has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:34

Verse 34 34.Delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that he owed. The Papists are very ridiculous in endeavoring to light the fire of purgatory by the word till; for it is certain that Christ here points out not temporal death, by which the judgment of God may be satisfied, but eternal death. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 18:1-35

Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the mutual duties of Christians . ( Mark 9:33-50 ; Luke 9:46-50 .) read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 18:21-35

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 18:1-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 18:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 18:1-35

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