“ 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 John 10:7 , John 10:14-16...
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 indee...
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. He shall set the sheep, etc. - The right hand signifies, among the rabbins, approbation and eminence: the left hand, rejection...
When the Son of man shall come, &c.— Our Saviour begins here his third parable, which is agreeable to the language of the Old Testament, in which good men are compared to sheep, on account...
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand - the side of honour ( 1 Kings 2:19 ; Psalms 45:9 ; Psalms 110:1 , etc....
The Ten Viegins. The Talents. The Sheep and the Goats The whole of this a, which is entirely concerned with the Second Advent, and contains some of the most striking of all Christ's sayings, is pe...
Chapter 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1-51 & Matthew 25:1-46 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge...
Serve Christ by Serving Others Matthew 25:31-46 We are called to watch the procedure of God's moral government. This is primarily a forecast of the judgment of the nations, Matthew 25:32 . I...
"Then." This gives us the time in which the Kingdom of Heaven will be likened unto ten virgins. That Kingdom passes through many phases, but just before the coming of the King this will be its charac...
"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: (32) And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separat...
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand ,.... That is, the elect of God, and true believers, such as have the grace of God truly implanted in them; the sheep the Father gave unto Christ, and ma...
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Ver. 33. The sheep on the right hand, &c. ] A place of dignity and safety. Our Saviour seems here to allude to that of...
Before him shall be gathered all nations That is, all the individuals of all nations and ages; not only all that are found alive at the time of his appearing, and are changed in a moment, and rende...
"Then," that is, at the time when things must be brought to their proper conclusion, "shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins." These take lamps to go forth to meet the bridegroom. Th...
The Process of the Last Judgment. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he s...
Ver. 31-33. Our Saviour having spoken much before of his spiritual kingdom, which he exerciseth in his church, cometh now more plainly to tell them what kind of a kingdom he should further set up and...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 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 proph...
Matthew 25:31-33 I. When we turn to the Book of God in order to learn what particulars are revealed to us respecting the awful coming of the Lord, the first thing which strikes us is its suddennes...
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 r...
EXPOSITION Matthew 25:1-40 Parable of the ten virgins. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) This parable, as a continuation of the teaching of the last chapter, sets forth the necessity of having a...
The Last Judgment.
Acts 2:34 ; Acts 2:35 ; Ephesians 1:20 ; Genesis 48:13 ; Genesis 48:14 ; Genesis 48:17-19 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; John 10:26-28 ; John 21:15-17 ; Mark 16:19 ; Psalms 100:3 ; Psalms 110:1 ; Psalm...