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Selected Verse: Luke 17:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 17:3 |
King James |
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (See on Mat 18:15-17; Mat 18:21-22). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See the notes at Mat 18:15, Mat 18:21-22. "Trespass against thee." Sin against thee, or does anything that gives you an offence or does you an injury.
Rebuke - Reprove. Go and tell him his fault, and seek an explanation. Acquaint him with what has been the effect of his conduct, and the state of your feelings, that he may acknowledge his error and repent. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Rebuke
See on straitly charged, Luk 9:21. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Take heed to yourselves - That ye neither offend others, nor be offended by others. Mat 18:15. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If thy brother trespass - See the notes on Mat 18:21, Mat 18:22. |
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?