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 shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
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Gill's Exposition
I am come to send fire on the earth,.... Meaning either the Gospel, which is as fire, that gives both light and heat, warms the hearts of God's people, and causes them to burn within them; though very…
Barnes' Notes
Few stripes - The Jews never inflicted more than forty stripes for one offence, Deu 25:3. For smaller offences they inflicted only four, five, six, etc., according to the nature of the crime. In…
Adam Clarke
Shall be beaten with few - For petty offenses the Jews in many cases inflicted so few as four, five, and six stripes. See examples in Lightfoot.
From this and the preceding verse we find that it is a…
Here is, I. Peter's question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luk 12:41): "Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are…
Cambridge Bible
that knew not i.e. that knew not fully (Jon 4:11; 1Ti 1:13), for there is no such thing as absolute moral ignorance (Rom 1:20; Rom 2:14-15)
shall be beaten with few stripes A most important passage as…
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