E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:35
an hungred = hungry. read more
Matthew-25:31-46,-ezekiel-34:20-24
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:36
Naked = Scantily clothed. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), App-6 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:37
Then shall the righteous answer, &c. Figure of speech Dialogismos. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:40
the least. Emph. = even the least. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:41
say also unto them = say unto them also. ye cursed = that are abiding under a curse. everlasting fire = the fire, the age-abiding [fire]. See App-151 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:46
everlasting Greek. aionion. App-151 . In the same sense as in Hebrews 5:9 (Isaiah 45:17 ); Matthew 6:2 ; Matthew 9:12 . 2 Thessalonians 1:9 . (Compare Psalms 52:5 ; Psalms 92:7 .) The eternal result must be the same as in the next clause. punishment. Greek. kolasis. According to Aristotle kolasis has regard to him who suffers it, while timoria has regard to the satisfaction of him who inflicts it. (Occurs only in Hebrews 10:29 . The verb timoreo only in Acts 22:5 , and Acts 26:11 .) ... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 25:31
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory.As the poet John Milton expressed it:The aged earth aghast With terror of that blast Shall from the surface to the center shake, When, at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread His throne.[10]This place does not teach that Christ will sit upon the throne of his glory only upon the occasion of his second coming, nor that he will only then... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 25:32
And before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats.The cataclysmic and simultaneous judgment of all nations depicted here should not be understood as some special kind of selection regarding earth's governments. The "all nations" here is the same as that of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) and, from the parallel account in Mark, it is learned that it means "every creature," that is, "every man... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 25:33
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 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.The significance of the right and the left is the same in all nations and from the most ancient times. Even in Plato's REPUBLIC, the unjust were ordered to take the road downward and to the left.The kingdom which God has allotted to the righteous was designed before the... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:34
Father. App-98 . the foundation, &c See App-146 . read more