Matthew:18:15-20
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Matthew:18:15 @{
If thy brother sin against thee } (\
ean hamart
s
i adelphos sou \).
Literally ,
commit a sin (
ingressive aorist subjunctive of \
hamartan \).
Aleph B Sahidic do not have "
against thee " (\
eis se \). {
Shew him his fault } (\
elegxon \).
Such private reproof is hard to do ,
but it is the way of Christ . {
Thou hast gained } (\
ekerd
sas \).
Aorist active indicative of \
kerdain \
in conclusion of a third-class condition ,
a sort of timeless aorist ,
a blessed achievement already made .
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Matthew:18:16 @{
Take with thee } (\
paralabe meta sou \).
Take alone (\
para \)
with (\
meta \)
thee .
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Matthew:18:17 @{
Refuse to hear } (\
parakous
i \).
Like strkjv @
Isaiah:65:12 |.
Many papyri examples for ignoring ,
disregarding ,
hearing without heeding ,
hearing aside (\
para -\),
hearing amiss ,
overhearing (
Mark:5:36 |). {
The church } (\
t
i ekkl
si
i \).
The local body ,
not the general as in strkjv @
Matthew:16:18 |
which see for discussion .
The problem here is whether Jesus has in mind an actual body of believers already in existence or is speaking prophetically of the local churches that would be organized later (
as in Acts ).
There are some who think that the Twelve Apostles constituted a local \
ekkl
sia \,
a sort of moving church of preachers .
That could only be true in essence as they were a band of ministers and not located in any one place .
Bruce holds that they were "
the nucleus "
of a local church at any rate .
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Matthew:18:18 @{
Shall be bound in heaven } (\
estai dedemena en ouran
i \).
Future passive periphrastic perfect indicative as in "
shall be loosed " (\
estai lelumena \).
In strkjv @
16:19 |
this same unusual form occurs .
The binding and the loosing is there addressed to Peter ,
but it is here repeated for the church or for the disciples as the case may be .
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Matthew:18:19 @{
Shall agree } (\
sumph
n
s
sin \).
Our word "
symphony "
is this very root .
It is no longer looked at as a concord of voices ,
a chorus in harmony ,
though that would be very appropriate in a church meeting rather than the rasping discord sometimes heard even between two brethren or sisters . {
Of my Father } (\
para tou patros mou \).
From the side of , "
by my Father ."
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Matthew:18:20 @{
There am I } (\
ekei eimi \).
This blessed promise implies that those gathered together are really disciples with the spirit of Christ as well as "
in his name " (\
eis to emon onoma \).
One of the Oxyrhynchus _Sayings
of Our Lord_
is : "
Wherever there are (
two )
they are not without God ,
and wherever there is one alone I say I am with him ."
Also this : "
Raise the stone and there thou shalt find me ,
cleave the wood and there am I ."
See strkjv @
Malachi:3:16 |.