Matthew 18:24 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 18:24

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

KJV

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when he had begun to reckon,.... To open the book of conscience, and to bring to account by some awakening providence, and strong conviction: one was brought unto him; whether he would or no, through the force of an awakened conscience, under guilt and terror; which owed him ten thousand talents; which must be understood, either of gold, or silver: a talent of silver contained 3,000 shekels, as appears from Exo 38:25, and was in value of our money 375l. but a talent of gold was equal to 4,500l. of our (f) money.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

One was brought who owed him ten thousand talents - According to the usual computation, if these were talents of gold, this would amount to seventy-two millions sterling.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ten thousand talents - Μυριων ταλαντων, a myriad of talents, the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation. An immense sum, which, if the silver talent be designed, amounts to 4,500,000 sterling; but if the gold talent be meant which is by far the most likely, then the amount is 67,500,000 sterling, a sum equal to the annual revenue of the British empire! See the note on Exo 25:39.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses the Lord Jesus deals with a deeply important subject, the forgiveness of injuries. We live in a wicked world, and it is vain to expect that we can escape ill-treatment, however carefully we may behave. To know how to conduct ourselves when we are ill-treated is of great moment to our souls. In the first place, the Lord Jesus lays it down as a general rule that we ought to forgive others to the uttermost. Peter put the question, “How oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Till seven times?”

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀρξαμένου	arxamenou	When was beginning	G757 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	he	G846 →
συναίρειν	sunairein	to settle	G4868 →
προσηνέχθη	prosēnechthē	was brought to	G4374 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
ὀφειλέτης	opheiletēs	a debtor	G3781 →
μυρίων	muriōn	of ten thousand	G3463 →
ταλάντων.	talantōn	talents.	G5007 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 38:4
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
leads to
- Psalms 40:12
  For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Ezra 9:6
  and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Through
Ezra 9:6
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
leads to
- Revelation 18:5
  For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
- Psalms 38:4
  For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9
  But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the…
- Luke 15:21
  The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
- Job 42:6
  Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”