Bible Commentary

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?] For though he bore the sicknesses of his people, yet we never read of his being sick himself, nor was he ever cast into prison; but this has been … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:39”

When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee ]in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?…. As they had never seen him hungry and thirsty, in his own person, though he was both in the days of his flesh, and were ministered to, both by angels, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:38”

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee ]drink? Then shall the righteous … – This answer is indicative of humility – a deep sense of their being unworthy such commendation. They will feel that their poor acts of kindness have come … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:37”

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Verse 36. I was sick, and ye visited me] Relieving the strangers, and visiting the sick, were in high estimation among the Jews. One of their sayings on this head is worthy of notice: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:36”

For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 35, 36. There is a climax in this enumeration. The first three are recognised duties, the last three are voluntary acts of self-forgetting love. Common humanity would move a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:35”

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 34. the King ] “Appellatio majestatis plena solisque piis lta,” Bengel, who also points out the correspondence between the sentence passed on the just, and that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:34”

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Shall set the sheep … – By the sheep are denoted, here, the righteous. The name is given to them because the sheep is an emblem of innocence and harmlessness. See Joh 10:7, Joh 10:14-16, Joh 10:27; Psa 100:3; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:33”

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And before him … – At his coming to judgment the world will be burned up, 2Pe 3:10, 2Pe 3:12; Rev 20:11. The dead in Christ that is, all true … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:32”

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: When the Son of man … – This is in answer to the question which the disciples proposed to Jesus respecting the end of the world, Mat 24:3. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:31”

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 46. The Day of Judgment 32. all nations ] Either (1) all the nations of the world, including the Jews; or (2) all the Gentiles. The almost invariable use of to signify the Gentiles; the unconsciousness of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 25:30”