John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 18:11 - 18:11

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 18:11 - 18:11


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Mat 18:11. Γὰρ, κ.τ.λ., for, etc.) Infants are objects of Divine care, not because they have not been under the curse like others, but because they have been rescued from it.-τὸ ἀπολωλὸς, that which was lost) The human race was one mass of perdition, in which infants, even those of better disposition, are also included, on account of original sin, but the whole of it has been redeemed. If a king were to say that he would rebuild a city which had been consumed by fire, he would not wish his words to be understood of a single street. The loss of a sinner is, in the sight of God, something as it were contingent. Therefore foreknowledge does not imply necessity.