peculiarly wickedness. — exehqv, that [debt]) This word refers with peculiar emphasis to the former occurrence.
33. Oux Ma ; did it not behove ?) It did, indeed, by the highest rule of equity.1 — rbv g{jvdou\6v tfoy, thy fellow-servant) whom thou oughtest to have pitied ; My servant, by injuring whom thou hast injured Me.
34. 'opyiffdeis, wroth) He had not been wroth before, cf. Luke xiv. 21. Those who have experienced the mercy of God, ought to be very careful of exciting His anger. — ro?s ficutttuffraTs, the tormentors) not merely jailors (custodibus). — ewe ou, until) Such is the enduring character of guilt, founded on the inexhaustible claim of God over His servants.2
35. ' ATO ruv xapdiuv vpuv, from your hearts) A wrong is recalled to the mind : it must be dismissed from the mind and from the heart. Things which are thus done, are done with unwearied frequency [But if not, whenever the debtor unexpectedly meets us, our indignation is liable to revive. — V. g.] ; cf.
(being moved with compassion) in ver. 27.
1. 'EreXiaiv, x.r.X., Jinished, etc.) All the discourses addressed to the people in Galilee have a great connection with each other, and form a perfect course.3 — pirwev, he departed4) having con cluded His perambulation through Galilee.5
all) Comp. the <7ra.» in ver. 34. O how royal is as well His lenity, as also His severity ! — V. g.
2 " Servos." The word is used with special reference to the parable, and does not indicate " the servants of God," in the usual meaning of that phrase, but all those who were formed for the service of God, i.e. all His creatures. --(I. B.)
8 He was wont to break off nothing abruptly, but to bring all things to a complete conclusion; ch. xxvi. 1. — V. g.
4 " Migravit." Cf. Gnomon and footnotes on ch. xiii. 53, where the same word occurs. — (I. B.)
5 We may reasonably infer, from this departure, that the events which are recorded, Luke xiii. 31 — xviii. 14 (for Jesus was not wont to stay long in Samaria), occurred in the space of those three days, of which mention occurs in Luke xiii. 32. — Harm., p. 421.