See Poole on "Matthew 25:40".
Then shall the righteous ... - This answer is indicative of humility - a deep sense of their being unworthy such commendation. They will feel tha...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The last judgment described (peculiar to St. Matthew). Christ here speaks of the judgment of Christians alone, because that was the question which...
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...
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...
"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...
"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...
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 h...
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 n...
"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...
The Process of the Last Judgment. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory,...
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...
“Then will the righteous answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and fed you, or thirsty, and gave you drink? And when did we see you...
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...
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...
Matthew 25:37-39 The Humility of the Saints. The kingdom of heaven this is what Christ came to introduce to introduce into active co-operation wi...
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...
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. Th...
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 sentence upon the righteous:
Or when saw we Thee sick or in prison, and came unto Thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?