Matthew 18:12

“How think ye, etc.] Or, as the Arabic, “what do you think?” what is your opinion of this matter? what is your sense of it? how does it appear to you? It is a Talmudic way of speaking, the same with ˆyrwbs µta hm “what do you think?” what is your judgment? So the Rabbins, after they have discussed a point among themselves, ask f997, ˆl arybs yam, “what is our opinion?” or what do we think upon the whole? Christ here appeals to his disciples, makes them judges themselves in this matter, and illustrates it by a familiar instance of a man’s seeking and finding his lost sheep, and rejoicing at it. If a man have an hundred sheep; who is the proprietor of them; not the hireling, who has them under…”

“How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, &c.--This is another of those pregnant sayings which our Lord uttered more than once. See on the delightful parable of the lost sheep in Luk 15:4-7. Only the object there is to show what the good Shepherd will do, when even one of His sheep is lost, to find it; here the object is to show, when found, how reluctant He is to lose it. Accordingly, it is added,”

“To show still further the reason why we should not despise Christians, he introduced a parable showing the joy felt when a thing lost is found. A shepherd rejoices over the recovery of one of his flock that had wandered more than over all that remained; so God rejoices that man is restored: so he seeks his salvation, and wills that not one thus found should perish. If God thus loves and preserves the redeemed, then surely man should not despise them. See this passage further explained in Luke 15:4-10. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Luk 15:4. Matthew 18:14”

“18:12 Just as a shepherd will work to recover a lost sheep, the “little ones” (18:6) must not be despised or neglected.”

“How: Mat 21:28, Mat 22:42; Co1 10:15 if: Mat 12:11; Psa 119:176; Isa 53:6; Jer 50:6; Eze 34:16, Eze 34:28; Luk 15:4-7; Joh 10:11-21; Pe1 2:25 into: Kg1 21:17; Eze 34:6, Eze 34:12 Matthew 18:13”