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His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
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An Unpayable Debt
Commentators emphasize that the punishment is eternal. The phrase "till he should pay" is key, because the servant could never repay the immense debt. Scholars like Calvin and Robertson argue this points not to a temporary state like purgatory, but to a final, unending punishment for those who, having received mercy, refuse to show it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Delivered him to the tormentors. The word tormentors, here, probably means keepers of the prison.
Torments were i…
The tormentors (τοις βασανισταις). Not to prison simply, but to terrible punishment. The papyri give various instances of the verb…
19th Century
Anglican
Delivered him to the tormentors — The words seem deliberately vague. We dare not say that the “tormentors” are avenging angels or …
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here a parable is related, and He does three things:
