Ver. 21: Ἀφήσω αὐτῷ; ἕως ἑπτάκις; Shall I forgive him? till seven times?] This question of Peter respects the words of our Saviour, ver. 15. “How far shall I forgive my brother before I proceed to the extremity? What! seven times?” He thought that he had measured out, by these words, a large charity, being, in a manner, double to that which was prescribed by the schools: “Hee that is wronged (say they) is forbidden to be difficult to pardon; for that is not the manner of the seed of Israel.