Matthew 18:22-23 BSB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 18:21-22

Matthew 18:21-22. Then came Peter When Jesus had given this advice for the accommodation of differences among his disciples, Peter, imagining it might be abused by ill-disposed persons, as an encouragement to offer injuries to others, came and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Must I go on to do it until he has repeated the injury seven times? He does not mean seven times a day, as Christ said, Luke 17:4, but seven times in his life, thinking, if a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 18:23

Matthew 18:23. Therefore In this respect; the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king Here our Lord illustrates the excellent morality of the preceding verse by a lively parable; in which is shown “the necessity of forgiving the greatest injuries in every case where the offending party is sensible of his fault, and promises amendment; a necessity of the strongest kind, arising from this law of the divine government, that it is the condition on which God forgives our offences... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 18:15-35

79. Lessons in forgiveness (Matthew 18:15-35)Disciples of Jesus should be willing to forgive fellow believers who sin against them, but they should also be concerned that offenders realize their sin and turn from it. In each case the believer should go to the offender privately and point out the wrongdoing, so that the person might be spiritually helped. If this fails, two or three others should be called in, firstly to make sure that the offender is in fact guilty and secondly to appeal for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 18:22

seventy times. Greek. hebdomekontakis. Occurs only here. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 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,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 18:22

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.Christ did not mean that Christians should keep a ledger, exactly calculating a precise number such as 490, or using a variant reading, 70 times and 7. This simply means that a Christian must have the spiritual resources to keep on forgiving. Forgiveness of others was made a constant pre-condition of man's forgiveness by the Father, not only in these words of Jesus here, but upon other occasions as... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 18:23

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And the lord of that servant,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 18:21-22

Matthew 18:21-22. Then came Peter—and said, Lord, how oft, &c.— If my brother repeatedly trespass against me; how often must I forgive him? Campbell. When our Saviour had given his advice for the accommodation of differences among his disciples, Peter, imagining that it might be abused by ill-disposed persons, as an encouragement to offer injuries to others; asks his Lord, how often his brother might offend, and claim forgiveness? See Luk 17:4 where it is seven times in a day, which implies... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 18:23

Matthew 18:23. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened, &c.— "For this reason, or, with respect to this matter, I may properly say that the kingdom of heaven, in its constitution and final process, may be likened to, or illustrated by the instance of a certain king who ruled over a large country, and who, as he had a great number of officers under him, was determined at length to settle accounts with his servants." Thus our Lord illustrates the excellent morality in the preceding verse,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 18:22

22. Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven—that is, so long as it shall be needed and sought: you are never to come to the point of refusing forgiveness sincerely asked. (See on :-). read more