The tormentors (τοις βασανισταις). Not to prison simply, but to terrible punishment. The papyri give various instances of the verb…

Delivered him to the tormentors. The word tormentors, here, probably means keepers of the prison.

Torments were i…

Delivered him to the tormentors — The words seem deliberately vague. We dare not say that the “tormentors” are avenging angels or …

His lord was angry. He who could be so compassionate was necessarily a man of warm feelings and therefore he could be angry. Naturally, he was comp…

St. John Chrysostom: So that no one would think the Lord had commanded something great and burdensome in saying that we must f…

The king now calls the servant whom he had forgiven “wicked” (v.32) and, forgoing selling him, turns him over to the “torturers” (cf. vv.6, 8–9). H…

Delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that he owed. The Papists are very ridiculous in endeavoring to light the fire of …

And his Lord was wroth
Very angry, greatly incensed, and justly provoked at such inhuman treatment:

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Although we live entirely on mercy and forgiveness, we are reluctant to forgive the offenses of our brothers and sisters. This parable shows how mu…

Here a parable is related, and He does three things: