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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:32-46

The Final Judgment (25:32-46). That this is the final judgment comes out in that its verdict determines the eternal destiny of men (Matthew 25:46). It should be noted that it is not said to take place on earth, it includes everyone, that is ‘all the nations’, whether living or dead, for all the dead await His coming too. (See John 5:28-29; Compare Ezekiel 32:17-32 where the nations as nations are in their graves on earth awaiting judgment; Psalms 2:9 with Matthew 25:1 where the nations are... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:37-39

“Then will the righteous answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and fed you, or thirsty, and gave you drink? And when did we see you a stranger, and took you in, or naked, and clothed you? And when did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?’ ” Being blessed by His Father these are now ‘the righteous’, those who are accepted by Him and delivered from judgment, and made righteous by His saving power. This is evidenced by the fact that they have been placed on His right... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:31-1 Corinthians : . The Day of Judgment (Mt. only).— Though the nations are gathered before the Son of Man as judge, they pass into the background in the trial which is really that of the Christian Church, unless indeed the assumption is that all the nations have become Christian ere the Judgment. For the sheep and the goats cf. Ezekiel 34:17 ff. Note the sudden transition to the title “ King” ( Matthew 25:34). Have we here another adaptation to the Parousia of a parable in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 25:35-40

The recompences of the last judgment are according to the tenor of our good works, and the desert of evil works. The King here gives the reason of his gracious rewarding sentence, For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat. This doth not imply any desert, much less any worthiness of equality between the work and the reward; but that evangelical works, the products of unfeigned faith and love, qualify us by the covenant of grace to receive it. The causes of the reward are either, the original... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 25:31-46

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 25:31. When the Son of man shall come, etc.—The paragraph, Matthew 25:31-46, is not a parable, as some, inclusive of Townsend and Olshausen, have supposed, but a prophecy. It is a prophecy, however, which is largely imbued with parabolic and dramatic symbolisms; and which, consequently, requires for its interpretation the careful discrimination of substance and form, essence and accident (Morison). His glory.—His personal glory. The throne of His glory.—The glory of His... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:34-41

Matthew 25:34-41 The Judgment of the Nations. Perhaps we are justified in saying that we have, in connection with these words, the most vivid description of the last judgment to be found in the Holy Bible. We learn from them that, though good works cannot merit heaven, it is a solemn fact that God Himself has made the practice of good works the condition on which He will ultimately confer the rewards of heaven. At the general judgment men are to be rewarded, not according to their faith, or... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:37-39

Matthew 25:37-39 The Humility of the Saints. The kingdom of heaven this is what Christ came to introduce to introduce into active co-operation with us poor men. He brought down out of that far place this fund of eternal and victorious forces. He put at our disposal and under our manipulation the whole resources of the Divine house. He brought heaven into activity here on earth, and we who are made members of that kingdom become media through which its energies penetrate and work, expand and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 25:35-40

DISCOURSE: 1399THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARITABLE EXERTIONSMatthew 25:35-40. I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in Prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? or when saw we... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:1-46

Shall we turn now to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-five? In the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew's gospel the disciples came to Jesus and asked Him what would be the signs that would precede the destruction of the temple, and then the signs of thy coming, and the end of the age. He had just left the scribes and the Pharisees, and told them that they would not see Him again, until they said, "blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord".And so Jesus was referring to another coming. And so... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 25:1-46

Matthew 25:1 . Ten virgins took their lamps to meet the bridegroom. Homer names the like custom among the Greeks, of the bridegroom being preseded by virgins bearing lighted torches. The virgins represent the visible church, which make a profession of the faith, that Christ the bridegroom will come from heaven. Matthew 25:2 . Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. This idea represents half the christian world as shut out of heaven for want of grace. Matthew 25:4 . The wise... read more