4<\/strong>. seven times in a day<\/em> ] A purely general expression, which as little involves the quantitative limitation of forgiveness upon repentance as the “seventy times seven” of Mat 18:22<\/span>. Some of the Rabbis had limited the duty of forgiveness to a thrice-repeated offence; but<\/p>\n “Who with repentance is not satisfied,<\/p>\n Is not of heaven or earth.”<\/p>\n 4. seven times<\/B>not a lower<\/I>measure of the forgiving spirit than the “seventy times seven”enjoined on Peter, which was occasioned by his asking if he was tostop<\/I> at seven times. “No,” is the virtual answer,”though it come to seventy times that number, if only he askforgiveness in sincerity.”<\/P><\/p>\n And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day<\/strong>,…. For good men are frequently apt to fall into sin, and offend both God and man; see Pr 24:16<\/span> “and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent”; as often as he sins, and appears to be truly sensible of it, and humble for it, and makes acknowledgments of it; and not only barely in words professes his concern for it, but there is reason to believe that he is heartily grieved for it, and to hope that he will behave better for the future:<\/p>\n thou shalt forgive him<\/strong>; this seems to be occasioned by Peter’s putting such a question to Christ, how often a brother might sin against him, and he forgive him; see Mt 18:21<\/span>. The Jews plead for great tenderness and readiness to forgive penitents, when they ask for forgiveness; which they insist upon should be done: they say q,<\/p>\n “it is forbidden an injured person to be cruel, and not forgive; this is not the way of the seed of Israel: but when he that has done the injury asks of him, and prays him once and again, and he knows that he has returned from his sin, and hath repented of his evil, he ought to forgive him; and whoever makes haste to forgive, is praiseworthy.”<\/p>\n But then, they say r,<\/p>\n “if he brings all the rams of Nebaioth that are in the world, he is not to have pardon, unless he asks it of him.”<\/p>\n And they seem also to have set times for it, as well as restrain the frequent repetition of it: they observe s;<\/p>\n “if a man returns by repentance, in the intermediate time, (i.e. as the gloss explains it, between the beginning of the year, or New Year’s Day, and the day of atonement,) they pardon him; but if he does not return in the intermediate time, though he brings all the rams of Nebaioth in the world, they do not pardon him.”<\/p>\n A man that was always forgiving, was reckoned by them an extraordinary man: it is said t of Mar Zutra bar Nachman, that he was , “forgiving every day”; but yet they do not seem to care to carry it to so great a length, and to repeat it so often as our Lord directs; they allow a man to forgive three times, but not a fourth; [See comments on Mt 18:22]<\/span>.<\/p>\n q Maimon. Hilchot Chobel Umezik, c. 5. sect. 10. r T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 92. 1. s T. Bab. Rosh Hashama, fol. 17. 2. t Juchasin, fol. 90. 2.<\/p>\n Seven times in a day <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Seven times within the day. On another occasion Peter’s question (Mt 18:21<\/span>) brought Christ’s answer “seventy times seven” (verse 22<\/span>), which see. Seven times during the day would be hard enough for the same offender. <\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day,” <\/strong>(kai ean heptakis tes hemeras hamartase eis se) “And even if he sins against you seven times in a day,” repeatedly trespasses from old habits, carnally practiced, seven times in the same day, or just as many times as he trespasses, offends.<\/p>\n 2) “And seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying,” <\/strong>(kai heptakis epistrepse ptos se logon) “And he turns to you seven times in a day repeatedly saying,” showing evidence of the Holy Spirit’s convicting his soul for deeds of wrong; An extreme case, not likely to occur, is here supposed, then answered, Mat 18:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n 3) I<\/strong> repent; thou shalt forgive him,” <\/strong>(metanoo apheseis auto) “I repent, you shall forgive him,” with forbearance and longsuffering, even as the Lord is longsuffering and forgiving to you and me for covert, hidden, daily sins of the mind, evil thoughts, pent-up anger, malice, holding resentment or old grudges, Eph 4:32<\/span>; Mat 6:14-15<\/span>; Mat 26:28<\/span>; Luk 23:34<\/span>.<\/p>\n (4) If he trespass against thee.<\/strong>Better, if he sin.<\/em> The better MSS. omit the words, against thee, and so make the command more general, and the verb is the same as that in Mat. 18:21<\/span>, the teaching of which is here manifestly reproduced. The outward form seems at first to present a somewhat lower standard of forgiveness, seven times, instead of seventy times seven. Here, however, it should be remembered that we have seven times a day, and the meaning is obviously the same in both passages. No accumulation of offences, however often repeated, is to be allowed to bring us to the hardness which refuses to forgive when the offender says that he repents and asks forgiveness.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> Seven times<\/em> The sacred number, expressive of numerous repetitions. <\/p>\n Saying, I repent<\/em> The forgiveness is not enjoined upon his impenitence. But even in this, our desire must be for his repentance, and his well-being, and his salvation. <\/p>\n I repent<\/em> In which, of course, he resigns all evil feelings and designs, and desires mutual peace. <\/p>\n Thou shalt forgive him<\/em> Thou shalt consent to be at peace with him and hold him as not having trespassed.<\/p>\n You may be conscious of his changing and careless disposition; but beware of cherishing a permanent purpose of revenge.<\/p>\n 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ver. 4. See Mat 18:21<\/span> . <\/p>\n Luk 17:4<\/span> . , seven times a day. The number recalls Peter’s question (Mat 18:21<\/span> ), and the phrase seven times a day<\/em> states the duty of forgiving as broadly as Mt.’s seventy times seven, but not in so animated a style: more in the form of a didactic rule than of a vehement emotional utterance; obviously secondary as compared with Mt.<\/p>\n seven. On the former occasion “seventy” (Mat 18:21, Mat 18:22). No discrepancy. See App-97. <\/p>\n to = unto. Greek. epi. App-104.; but the texts read pros. <\/p>\n Luk 17:4. , in the day) This passage many misapply, by erroneously connecting the idea with that in Pro 24:16 [A just man falleth seven times and riseth up again] as if the just man fell seven times a day, and that, too, into sins.-, turn himself again) In antithesis to , if he shall have trespassed.-, I repent) To say so openly and ingenuously, is not only not disgraceful, but is even salutary [tends towards ones salvation]: the mind of the offender and that of the offended party are thereby admirably healed. [In a similar way, also, it is expedient that we entreat pardon before God, not merely in general terms, but in respect to the particular lapses into sin of which we are conscious.-V. g.]<\/p>\n trespass <\/p>\n Sin. (See Scofield “Rom 3:23”). <\/p>\n if: Mat 18:21, Mat 18:22, Mat 18:35, 1Co 13:4-7, Eph 4:31, Eph 4:32, Col 3:12, Col 3:13 <\/p>\n I repent: Mat 5:44, Mat 6:12, Mat 6:14, Mat 6:15, Mat 18:16, Rom 12:20, 2Th 3:13, 2Th 3:14 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 50:17 – Forgive Exo 22:9 – for all manner of trespass Jdg 11:8 – the elders Ecc 11:2 – seven Mat 18:15 – if Luk 6:37 – forgive<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n This verse means the same as Mat 18:21-22.<\/p>\n Luk 17:4. Turn again to thee. Confession is plainly demanded here, as rebuke had been in Luk 17:3. Christian confession may be as rare as proper Christian rebuke.<\/p>\n And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 4. seven times in a day ] A purely general expression, which as little involves the quantitative limitation of forgiveness upon repentance as the “seventy times seven” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:4”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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