It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
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Gill's Exposition
It were better for him that a millstone,.... See Gill on Mat 18:6 and See Gill on Mar 9:42.
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Luke 17:3
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luk 17:3
luk 17:3Take heed to yourselves..... Or to one another, that ye neither…
It is impossible - It cannot but happen. Such is the state of things that “it will be.” See these verses explained in the notes at Mat 18:6-7.
Adam Clarke
A mill-stone - That drowning a person with a stone tied about the neck was an ancient mode of punishment, see proved in the note on Mat 18:6, Mat 18:7 (note), to which let the following be added. To…
We are here taught,
I. That the giving of offences is a great sin, and that which we should every one of us avoid and carefully watch against, Luk 17:1, Luk 17:2. We can expect no other than that…
Cambridge Bible
It were better for him,&c. The literal rendering of the verse is "It is for his advantage if a millstone is hanginground his neck, and he has been flunginto the sea, rather than that, &c." In other…
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