King James Version
Matthew 18:31 in the King James Version says “So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.”
Matthew 18:31 · KJV
And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“fellowservants”
G4889a co-slave, i.e., servitor or ministrant of the same master (human or divine)
“when his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“that was done”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“they were very”
G4970of uncertain derivation) as adverb; vehemently, i.e., in a high degree, much
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“when his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“that was done”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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