Matthew 18:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ”

• Matthew 18:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whatsoever ye shall bind ... - See the notes at Matthew 16:19 . These words were spoken to the apostles. Jesus had before addressed the same words to Peter, Matthew 16:19 . He employs them here...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  A Conversation with the Twelve. For Matthew 18:1-5 , the question of precedence, cf. Mark 9:33-37 *, also Matthew 20:26 f., Mark 10:43 f., Luke 9:48 ; Luke 22:26 . Mt. makes the disciple...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Whatsoever, &c. See Matthew 16:19 on . upon. Greek. epi . earth . the earth. Greek. ge. App-129. heaven . the heaven. See notes on Matthew 6:9 ; Matthew 6:10 .

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• Matthew 18:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  18. What things soever you shall bind. He now repeats the same words which he had formerly used, ( Matthew 16:19 ,) but in a different sense; for there he intended to maintain their authorit...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Whatsoever ye shall bind, etc. - Whatever determin...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, &c.— Our Saviour here confers on his disciples in general the power of binding and loosing, which he had formerly conferred on Peter singly: but the p...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Offending the Little Ones. The Unmerciful Servant 1-14. Ambition reproved, and humility taught by the example of a little child ( Mark 9:33-37 ; Luke 9:46-48 ).

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• Matthew 18:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth. — (See Note on Matthew 16:19 .) The promise before made to Peter is now extended not only to the other Apostles, but to the whole society of which they were the...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Saving the Straying Matthew 18:10-20 How tenderly the Master speaks of the children! We must turn back to become like them, Matthew 18:3 . To cause them to stumble is to incur terrible penalti...

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• Matthew 18:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He replied by an act, and a statement growing out of that act. The c...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "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, the...

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• Matthew 18:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Verily I say unto you ,.... To them all, what he had said before to Peter; See Gill "Mt 16:19": what is said here, refers to things and not persons, as there also.

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• Matthew 18:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Ver. 18. Whatsoever ye shall bind ] Let no man...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth By excommunication, pronounced in the Spirit and power of Christ; whatsoever ye shall loose By absolution from that sentence. See note on chap. Matthew 16:19 ....

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• Matthew 18:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Though the Lord Jesus has been seen to forego His own rights, He who is by right infinitely great, the disciples show the opposite attitude in desiring some rights above those of others in the kingdo...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Removal of Offences.       15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alo...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  We met with this sentence, Matthew 16:19 , where we observed that by binding and loosing was signified (according to the usage of the Jews of those times) declaring of propositions true or false,...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Practical Application of This Love And Humility In Dealings With The New Congregation of God's People (18:15-20). Having expressed the concern that His true disciples must have to walk as humb...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 18:15 . Moreover , etc.—Better, and if thy brother shall sin . A twofold train of thought is traceable in what follows. 1. The presence of “offences” implies sin, and t...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 18:1 . At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? The question we have sometimes heard asked in other forms, «Which is the highe...

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• Matthew 18:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 18:1 . Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? The comparative μειζων greater, is put here for the superlative. By the kingdom of heaven, they meant the worldly glory of the church...

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• Matthew 18:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee. How to meet offences Observe the method Christ has laid down- I. The trespass supposed, whether accidental or designed. Whether it regard...

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• Matthew 18:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 18:1-40 Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the mutual duties of Christians . ( Mark 9:33-41 ; Luke 9:46-42 .) Matthew 18:1-40 The...

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• Matthew 18:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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• Matthew 18:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 5:4 ; 1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 2 Corinthians 2:10 ; Acts 15:23-31 ; John 20:23 ; Matthew 16:19 ; Revelation 3:7 ; Revelation 3:8

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• Matthew 18:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth — By excommunication, pronounced in the spirit and power of Christ. Whatsoever ye shall loose — By absolution from that sentence. In the primitive Church, absoluti...

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