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Text -- Matthew 18:9 (NET)

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18:9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.
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Wesley: Mat 18:8-9 - -- If the most dear enjoyment, the most beloved and useful person, turn thee out of, or hinder thee in the way Is not this a hard saying? Yes; if thou ta...

If the most dear enjoyment, the most beloved and useful person, turn thee out of, or hinder thee in the way Is not this a hard saying? Yes; if thou take counsel with flesh and blood. Mat 5:29; Mar 9:43.

Clarke: Mat 18:8-9 - -- If thy hand, etc. - See the notes on Mat 5:29-30 (note).

If thy hand, etc. - See the notes on Mat 5:29-30 (note).

TSK: Mat 18:9 - -- to enter : Mat 19:17, Mat 19:23, Mat 19:24; Act 14:22; Heb 4:11; Rev 21:27 rather : Mat 16:26; Luk 9:24, Luk 9:25

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Barnes: Mat 18:8-9 - -- If thy hand ... - See the notes at Mat 5:29-30. The sense in all these instances is the same. Worldly attachments, friendships, and employments...

If thy hand ... - See the notes at Mat 5:29-30. The sense in all these instances is the same. Worldly attachments, friendships, and employments of any kind, that cannot be pursued without leading us into sin, be they ever so dear to us, must be abandoned, or the soul will be lost.

It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed ... - It is not meant, by this, that when the body shall be raised it will be maimed and disfigured in this manner. It will be perfect. See 1Co 15:42-44. But these things are said for the purpose of carrying out or making complete the figure or the representation of cutting off the hands, etc. The meaning is, it is better to go to heaven without enjoying the things that caused us to sin, than to enjoy them here and then be lost.

Halt - Lame.

Maimed - With a loss of limbs.

Into hell fire - It is implied, in all this, that if their sins, however dear to them, were not abandoned, the soul must go into everlasting fire. This is conclusive proof that the sufferings of the wicked will be eternal. See the notes at Mar 9:44, Mar 9:46, Mar 9:48.

Poole: Mat 18:7-9 - -- Ver. 7-9. By offences are here meant stumbling blocks to souls, such persons or actions as are to others temptations to sin. The world, saith our S...

Ver. 7-9. By offences are here meant stumbling blocks to souls, such persons or actions as are to others temptations to sin. The world, saith our Savour is full of temptations. Temptations to sin are on all hands, some enticing and persuading men to that which is evil, others setting them an example to it, others alluring them by promises, others by threatenings and punishments driving men to it as much as in them lieth: the world will one day find the evil and mischief of it.

It must needs be that offences come God hath so ordered it in the wisdom of his providence, that he will not restrain the lusts of all men’ s hearts, but suffer some to walk in their own ways. Men in power will command those under them to do what is sinful, fright them by threatenings, force them (if possible) by punishments. Equals and inferiors will set examples of sin, allure, entice, and persuade. But woe be to those by whom such offences come! Men, saith our Savour, should be so afraid to sin, as they should rather part with the dearest things they have in the world, if they be as dear as eyes, hands, feet, rather than sin, or endure them to be occasions of sin to them. See Poole on "Mat 5:29" , where Mat 18:8,9 are opened. Mark hath the same things, Mar 9:43-48 , only with the addition of this saying thrice, Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched; which phrase doth but denote the eternity of sinners’ misery, taken from Isa 66:24 .

Gill: Mat 18:8-9 - -- Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot,.... The same words are repeated here on occasion of offences, as are spoken by Christ, Mat 5:29 on account of uncha...

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot,.... The same words are repeated here on occasion of offences, as are spoken by Christ, Mat 5:29 on account of unchaste looks, desires and lusts: giving offence to Christ's disciples, or endeavouring, by any means whatever, to cause them to stumble and fall, is equally gratifying the flesh, and no more to be indulged, than the other, on pain of eternal damnation. See Gill on Mat 5:29, Mat 5:30

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 18:9 See the note on the word hell in 5:22.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Mat 18:1-35 - --1 Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless,7 to avoid offences,10 and not to despise the little ones;15 teaches how we are to deal with ou...

Maclaren: Mat 18:1-14 - --The Law Of Precedence In The Kingdom At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2. And Jes...

MHCC: Mat 18:7-14 - --Considering the cunning and malice of Satan, and the weakness and depravity of men's hearts, it is not possible but that there should be offences. God...

Matthew Henry: Mat 18:7-14 - -- Our Savior here speaks of offences, or scandals, I. In general, Mat 18:7. Having mentioned the offending of little ones, he takes occasion to speak ...

Barclay: Mat 18:8-9 - --There are two senses in which this passage may be taken. It may be taken purely personally. It may be saying that it is worth any sacrifice and any ...

Constable: Mat 13:54--19:3 - --V. The reactions of the King 13:54--19:2 Matthew recorded increasing polarization in this section. Jesus expande...

Constable: Mat 16:13--19:3 - --B. Jesus' instruction of His disciples around Galilee 16:13-19:2 Almost as a fugitive from His enemies, ...

Constable: Mat 18:1-35 - --4. Instructions about the King's personal representatives ch. 18 Chapter 18 contains the fourth ...

Constable: Mat 18:5-14 - --The seriousness of impeding the progress of a disciple 18:5-14 (cf. Mark 9:37-50; Luke 9:48-50) The major sub-theme of this discourse is offenses (Gr....

College: Mat 18:1-35 - --MATTHEW 18 G. FOURTH DISCOURSE: LIFE IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY (18:1-35) Jesus' fourth discourse (cf. 5-7; 10; 13) builds on the general themes of...

McGarvey: Mat 18:1-14 - -- LXXIII. FALSE AMBITION VERSUS CHILDLIKENESS. (Capernaum, Autumn, A. D. 29.) aMATT. XVIII. 1-14; bMARK IX. 33-50; cLUKE IX. 46-50.    ...

Lapide: Mat 18:1-19 - --1-35 CHAPTER 18 At that time came, &c. There seems to be a discrepancy here with Mar 9:31, where it is said that the disciples disputed about this m...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: Mat 18:9 QUESTIONS & OBJECTIONS " My God would never create hell." Those who say that are right: their " god" would never create hell, because he couldn...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW By Way of Introduction The passing years do not make it any plainer who actually wrote our Greek Matthew. Papias r...

JFB: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE author of this Gospel was a publican or tax gatherer, residing at Capernaum, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. As to his identity with t...

JFB: Matthew (Outline) GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. ( = Luke 3:23-38). (Mat. 1:1-17) BIRTH OF CHRIST. (Mat 1:18-25) VISIT OF THE MAGI TO JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM. (Mat 2:1-12) THE F...

TSK: Matthew (Book Introduction) Matthew, being one of the twelve apostles, and early called to the apostleship, and from the time of his call a constant attendant on our Saviour, was...

TSK: Matthew 18 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Mat 18:1, Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless, Mat 18:7, to avoid offences, Mat 18:10. and not to despise the little one...

Poole: Matthew 18 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 18

MHCC: Matthew (Book Introduction) Matthew, surnamed Levi, before his conversion was a publican, or tax-gatherer under the Romans at Capernaum. He is generally allowed to have written h...

MHCC: Matthew 18 (Chapter Introduction) (Mat 18:1-6) The importance of humility. (Mat 18:7-14) Caution against offences. (Mat 18:15-20) The removal of offences. (Mat 18:21-35) Conduct tow...

Matthew Henry: Matthew (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Gospel According to St. Matthew We have now before us, I. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior...

Matthew Henry: Matthew 18 (Chapter Introduction) The gospels are, in short, a record of what Jesus began both to do and to teach. In the foregoing chapter, we had an account of his doings, in this...

Barclay: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW The Synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke are usually known as the Synoptic Gospels. Synopt...

Barclay: Matthew 18 (Chapter Introduction) Personal Relationships (Mat_18:1-35) Matthew 18 is a most important chapter for Christian Ethics, because it deals with those qualities which shoul...

Constable: Matthew (Book Introduction) Introduction The Synoptic Problem The synoptic problem is intrinsic to all study of th...

Constable: Matthew (Outline) Outline I. The introduction of the King 1:1-4:11 A. The King's genealogy 1:1-17 ...

Constable: Matthew Matthew Bibliography Abbott-Smith, G. A. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & T. Cl...

Haydock: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW INTRODUCTION. THIS and other titles, with the names of those that wrote the Gospels,...

Gill: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW The subject of this book, and indeed of all the writings of the New Testament, is the Gospel. The Greek word ευαγγελ...

College: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION It may surprise the modern reader to realize that for the first two centuries of the Christian era, Matthew's...

College: Matthew (Outline) OUTLINE I. ESTABLISHING THE IDENTITY AND ROLE OF JESUS THE CHRIST - Matt 1:1-4:16 A. Genealogy of Jesus - 1:1-17 B. The Annunciation to Joseph...

Lapide: Matthew (Book Introduction) PREFACE. —————— IN presenting to the reader the Second Volume [Matt X to XXI] of this Translation of the great work of Cornelius à Lapi...

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