Mat 18:25 | RWP | e4.org | Had not wherewith to pay ( μη εχοντος αυτου αποδουνα ). There is no "wherewith" in the Greek. This idiom is seen in ; ; . Genitive absolute though αυτον in the same clause as often in the N.T. To be sold ( πραθηνα ). First aorist passive infinitive of πιπρασκω . This was according to the law ( ; , ). Wife and children were treated as property in those primitive times.

‏ Matthew 18:25

Had not wherewith to pay ( μη εχοντος αυτου αποδουνα ). There is no "wherewith" in the Greek. This idiom is seen in Lu 7:42; 14:14; Heb 6:13. Genitive absolute though αυτον in the same clause as often in the N.T.

To be sold ( πραθηνα ). First aorist passive infinitive of πιπρασκω. This was according to the law (Ex 22:3; Le 25:39, 47). Wife and children were treated as property in those primitive times.