Matthew 18:31 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 18:31

When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

KJV

So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

So when his fellow-servants ... - This is a mere circumstance thrown into the story for the sake of keeping, or making a consistent narrative. It cannot be intended to teach that other Christians should go and tell God what a brother has done; for God well knows all the actions of his children, and does not need us surely to inform him of what is done. It is abusing the Bible, and departing from the design of parables, to press every circumstance, and to endeavor to extract from it some spiritual meaning.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἰδόντες	Idontes	Having seen	G1492 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
σύνδουλοι	sundouloi	fellow servants	G4889 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
γενόμενα	genomena	having taken place	G1096 →
ἐλυπήθησαν	elupēthēsan	they were grieved	G3076 →
σφόδρα,	sphodra	deeply,	G4970 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλθόντες	elthontes	having gone	G2064 →
διεσάφησαν	diesaphēsan	they narrated	G1285 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	master	G2962 →
ἑαυτῶν	he'autōn	of themselves	G1438 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
τὰ	ta	that	G3588 →
γενόμενα.¶	genomena	having taken place.	G1096 →

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
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:26
  If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 13:3
  Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
- Psalms 35:13–14
  Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- John 11:33–36
  When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- Job 30:25
  Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Through
Hebrews 13:3
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
leads to
- Matthew 25:36
  I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
- Hebrews 10:34
  You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- Romans 12:15
  Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.