Matthew 18:23

Therefore = On account of this. Greek. dia ( App-104 .Matthew 18:1; Matthew 18:1 ), touto.

a certain king = a man ( App-123 .) a king (Hebraism).

would = wished. Greek. thelo . App-102 .

take account = to compare accounts. Greek. sunairo. Occurs only in Matthew (here, Matthew 18:24 , and Matthew 25:19 ). Said not to be classical Greek: but the colloquial Greek is found in the Papyri in Cent. II. in two letters, one from Oxyrhynchus, and the other from Dakkeh in Nubia, dated March 6, 214 A.D. See Deissmann's Light , &c., pp 118, 119.

of = with. Greek. meta .