Matthew:18:21-22

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rwp @Matthew:18:21 @{Until seven times ?} (\he “s heptakis ?\) Peter thought that he was generous as the Jewish rule was three times (Amos:1:6 |). His question goes back to verse 15 |. "Against me " is genuine here . "The man who asks such a question does not really know what forgiveness means " (Plummer ). rwp @Matthew:18:22 @{Until seventy times seven } (\he “s hebdom ˆkontakis hepta \). It is not clear whether this idiom means seventy-seven or as the Revised Version has it (490 times ). If \heptakis \ were written it would clearly be 490 times . The same ambiguity is seen in strkjv @Genesis:4:24 |, the LXX text by omitting \kai \. In the _Test . of the Twelve Patriarchs , Benj . _ vii . 4 , it is used in the sense of seventy times seven . But it really makes little difference because Jesus clearly means unlimited forgiveness in either case . "The unlimited revenge of primitive man has given place to the unlimited forgiveness of Christians " (McNeile ).

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