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Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Agree with (ισθ ευνοων). A present periphrastic active imperative. The verb is from ευνοος (friendly, kindly disposed). "Mak up wi…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Agree with your adversary quickly. This is still an illustration of the sixth commandment. To be in hostility, to go to law, to be litigio…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Agree with your adversary — The imagery changes and returns to that of human courts, which we encountered in Matthew 5:22. The per…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge…

Church Fathers

Church Fathers

ChurchFathers

1st Century
Early Church
1st Century

St. Hilary of Poitiers: The Lord never allows us to lack a peaceable temper, and therefore commands us to be reconciled to ou…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Jesus again urges haste to settle matters with an offended adversary while still “with him on the way” to court. In the ancient world debtors were …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Be agreed with your adversary. Christ appears to go further, and to exhort to reconciliation not only those who have injured their brother…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Agree with your adversary quickly
These words are not to be understood in an allegorical sense, as if "the adversary…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Jewish teachers had taught that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. In this way, they explained away its spiri…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

For I tell you, that unle your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees. Above, the Lord showed that it…

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