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Selected Verse: Matthew 18:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 18:27 |
Strong Concordance |
Then [1161] the lord [2962] of that [1565] servant [1401] was moved with compassion [4697], and loosed [630] him [846], and [2532] forgave [863] him [846] the debt [1156]. |
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King James |
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. |
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] |
| Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt--Payment being hopeless, the master is first moved with compassion; next, liberates his debtor from prison; and then cancels the debt freely. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The lord of that servant was moved with compassion ... - He had pity on him. He saw his distressed condition. He pitied his family. He forgave him the whole debt. This represents the mercy of God to people. "They have sinned." They owe to God more than can be paid. They are about to be cast off; but God has mercy on them, and, in connection with their prayers, forgives them. We are not to interpret the circumstances of a parable too strictly. The illustration taken from selling the wife and children Mat 18:25 is not to be taken literally, as if God would punish a man for the sins of his father; but it is a circumstance thrown in to keep up the story - to make it consistent - to explain the reason why the servant was so anxious to obtain a delay of the time of payment. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Moved with compassion - Or with tender pity. This is the source of salvation to a lost world, the tender pity, the eternal mercy of God. |
25 But forasmuch as [1161] he [846] had [2192] not [3361] to pay [591], his [846] lord [2962] commanded [2753] him [846] to be sold [4097], and [2532] his [846] wife [1135], and [2532] children [5043], and [2532] all [3956] that [3745] he had [2192], and [2532] payment to be made [591].