Matthew 18:29

29 Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

Matthew 18:29 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 18:29

And his fellow servant fell down at his feet
In the most humble and submissive manner, just as he himself had done a little before at the feet of his Lord:

and besought him, saying, have patience with me, and I will pay
thee all;
using the very same words, in which he had expressed himself to his Lord, and had succeeded.

Matthew 18:29 In-Context

27 So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.

28 But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'

29 Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

30 But he did not want to, but rather he went [and] threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.

31 So [when] his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went [and] reported to their master everything that had happened.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("threw himself to the ground") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b] *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to implore")