“ Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ”
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...
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...
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,...
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
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...
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...
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...
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? Ver. 39. See Trapp on " Mat 25:37 "
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...
"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...
See Poole on " Matthew 25:40 " .
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 25:34-41 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 H...
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...
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...
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 sentence upon the righteous: