Matthew 18:18

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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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 wor...
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.,...
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...
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...
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....
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 h...
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 heav...
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 ;...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Treatment of an erring brother (peculiar to St. Matthew). The connexion with what precedes is as follows: 'Despise not one of the “little ones” ( M...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bind.. loose ] see on Matthew 16:19 . Here the binding and loosing refer specially to judicial decisions, which Jesus says will be ratified in heav...
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...
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...
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 a...
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 t...
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,...
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....
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...
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 desiri...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Removal of Offences. 15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee,...
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 thos...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Truly I say to you, whatever things you shall bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you shall loose on earth shall have...
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....
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 sometim...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The power of the congregation:
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 fro...

¹⁸ 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.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 18:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 18:18