Matthew 25:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ”

• Matthew 25:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 so far sho...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Then shall the righteous answer, &c. Figure of speech Dialogismos.

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• Matthew 25:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  37. Then wilt the righteous answer him. Christ represents the righteous as doubting—what they know well—his willingness to form a just estimate of what is done to men. (174) But as this was...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1399 THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARITABLE EXERTIONS Matthew 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,...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, etc. - This barbarous expression...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we t...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  When saw we thee an hungred? — It is clear that this question of surprise could not be asked by any who, as believers in Christ, have come under this teaching. They know, even now, the full signifi...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  "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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then shall the righteous answer him ,.... From whence it appears, that only such shall be at the right hand of Christ, who are righteous persons, who have the righteousness of Christ imputed to them...

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• Matthew 25:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Ver. 37. Then shall the righteous, &c. ] Not that there sha...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then shall the righteous answer , &c. The righteous, with great surprise, ask, with reverence and humility, when all this happened, since they never had seen him in want of their assistance, nor...

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• Matthew 25:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  "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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 25:40 " .

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

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

  righteous ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 10:10 ).

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• Matthew 25:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 25:34-37 The Surprise of the Righteous. I. The special peculiarity of the persons of whom our Lord here speaks, is that they did not know, that they had no suspicion, that in showing kind...

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• Matthew 25:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed. I. Consider the reference made to the conduct of the righteous. II. Their station-“the right-hand.” III. The sentence...

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• Matthew 25:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 25:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The sentence upon the righteous:

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• Matthew 25:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 29:14 ; 1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Peter 5:5 ; 1 Peter 5:6 ; Isaiah 64:6 ; Matthew 6:3 ; Proverbs 15:33

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• Matthew 25:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Then shall the righteous answer — It cannot be, that either the righteous or the wicked should answer in these very words. What we learn herefrom is, that neither of them have the same estimation o...

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