Matthew 25:35

I was an hungred. — The passage furnishes six out of the list of the seven corporal works of mercy in Christian ethics, the seventh being found in the care and nurture of the fatherless.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was an hungered - The union between Christ and his people is the most tender and endearing of all connections. It is represented by the closest...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

an hungred . hungry.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

35. For I was hungry. If Christ were now speaking of the cause of our salvation, the Papists could not be blamed for inferring that we merit...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: I was an hungered, and ye gave m...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I was an hungered, &c.— Or, I was hungry: and so Matthew 25:42 . In Matthew 25:36 instead of, And ye visited me, Heylin and Doddridg...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: For I was an hungered, a...
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 o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The last judgment described (peculiar to St. Matthew). Christ here speaks of the judgment of Christians alone, because that was the question which...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat] Faith in Christ being presumed (for the persons judged are professing Christians), the Judgment proceeds...
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 cl...
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...
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 bef...
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 s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat ..... This, and the following, are not mentioned as causes of the kingdom being prepared for them, or of t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Ver. 35. For I was an hungre...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat , &c. All the works of outward mercy here mentioned suppose faith and love, and must needs be accompanied...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Process of the Last Judgment. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 25:40 " .
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; naked, and you clothed me; I w...
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...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 des...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The sentence upon the righteous:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For 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;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:16-19 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 1 Peter 4:9 ; 1 Timothy 5:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:17-19 ; 2 Corinthians 8:1-4 ; 2 Corinthians 8:7-9 ; 2 Corinthians...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I was hungry, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink — All these works of outward mercy suppose faith and love, and must needs he...

³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 25:35

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 25:35