...case runs thus : That three offences are to be remitted, but not the fourth: and this they gathered from Amos i. 3, For three transgressions and for four I will not turn away my wrath. St. Peter puts the three and four together, as perhaps others of their doctors did, you must...

...case runs thus : That three offences are to be remitted, but not the fourth: and this they gathered from Amos i. 3, For three transgressions and for four I will not turn away my wrath. St. Peter puts the three and four together, as perhaps others of their doctors did. you must...

...— Must I seven times ? Campbell. " The question of the apostles seems to arise from the" customs of the Rabbins, who, from Amos (i. 3.), For three...times, the extreme limit of their forgiveness." Grotius and Whitby. 24. That owed him ten thousand talents : " Above three millions sterling." Campbell. 28....

...Wakefield's Tr.—Must I seven times? Campbell. "The question of the apostles seems to arise from the customs of the Rabbins, who, from Amos (i. 3.), For three transgressions, and for four, I will not turn away wrath,—held, that three offences were to be forgiven, and not the fourth; or, uniting the two numbers,...

...are assembled. Luke xvii. 4. V. 21. seven times.'] This question perhaps arose from the passage in Amos i. 3. " For three transgressions and for four I will not turn away wrath." V. 23. the kingdom of heaven,] ie in the times of the Messiah forgiveness of injuries (continues Christ,...

...(vers. 15 — 20). " Then came Peter," etc. . The form of Peters question may have been suggested by the custom of the rabbins who from Amos i. 3—" For...seven times " the extreme limit of their forgiveness. The • Lord's reply teaches us — I. THAT THE CLAIMS OP BROTHERHOOD ARE THE LIMITS OF MERCT. 1. Forgiveness...