Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
seven times—not a lower measure of the forgiving spirit than the "seventy times seven" enjoined on Peter, which was occasioned by his asking if he was to stop at seven times. "No," is the virtual answer, "though it come to seventy times that number, if only he ask forgiveness in sincerity."
(See on Matthew 18:15-17; Matthew 18:21-22).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 17:4:
Matthew 18:22
Luke 17:1-2
James 5:16
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