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but he who didn`t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom they deposit much, of him will they ask more.
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God's Judgment is Proportional
Commentators explain that this verse reveals God's "considerate equity." Judgment is not uniform but is tailored to an individual's knowledge and opportunities. Those who sin with less knowledge receive a lighter punishment ("few stripes"), while those who know God's will and disobey face a stricter accounting. This shows that the Judge of all the earth is just, holding everyone responsible according to the light they have received.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Few stripes. The Jews never inflicted more than forty stripes for one offence, Deuteronomy 25:3. For smaller offences they infl…
To whomsoever much is given (παντ δε ω εδοθη πολυ). Here is inverse attraction from ο to παντ (Robertson, Grammar, pp. 767f…
19th Century
Anglican
He that knew not.—The words manifest the tenderness of a considerate equity, like that which uttered itself in our Lord’s words as…
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Baptist
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shal…
Jesus concludes this section by explaining God’s principle of judgment. The servants here represent those who sin willingly and knowingly (cf.[Refe…
16th Century
Protestant
To whomever much has been given. Christ shows by another circumstance that the more highly favored disciples ought to receive more severe …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But he that knew not His Lord's will; either not having the means of knowing it, as the Heathens; or through neglect…
All are to apply to themselves what Christ says in His word and to inquire about it. No one is left so ignorant that they do not know many things t…
