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Matthew 25:41
Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Verse Matthew 25:41. _DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED_] Or, _Ye cursed!_ _depart. _- These words are the address of the king to the sinners; and contain the _reason_ why they are to be separated from bless...
ON THE LEFT HAND - The wicked. YE CURSED - That is, you who are devoted to destruction, whose characters deserve everlasting punishment, and who are about to enter into it. “To curse” is the opposite...
CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The Parable of the Ten Virgins. (Matthew 25:1 .) 2. The Parable of the Servants and the Talents. (Matthew 25:14 .) 3. The Judgment of Nations. (Matthew 25:31 .)_ The second parable is...
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 indeed t...
"When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and an the angels with him, then he will take his seat upon the throne of his glory, and all nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate th...
THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...
SAY ALSO UNTO THEM. say unto them also. YE CURSED. that are abiding under. curse. EVERLASTING FIRE. the fire, the age-abiding [fire]. See App-151....
ΚΑΤΗΡΑΜΈΝΟΙ. Without the article (אBL) against AD and many other uncials and fathers. The participle alone gives a reason, or indicates a state or condition, ‘under your curse;’ with the article it de...
These verses are constructed according to the rules of Hebrew poetry: they fall into two divisions, the _first_ extends from Matthew 25:34-40, the _second_ from Matthew 25:41-46. Each division consist...
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT...
Ver 31. "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 s...
_THE PREPARED AND UNPREPARED AMONG THE PEOPLE MATTHEW 25:31-46:_ In this portion of scripture the Lord contrasted the saved and the lost. "These will go away into everlasting punishment, but the right...
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, ΚΑΤΗΡΑΜΈΝΟΙ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΤΑΡΆΟΜΑΙ (G2672) обвинять (NIDNTT; TDNT). ΔΙΑΒΆΛΩ _dat. от_ ΔΙΆΒΟΛΟΣ (G1228) клеветник, дьявол ...
DISCOURSE: 1398 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT Matthew 25:34; Matthew 25:41; Matthew 25:46. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for yo...
DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED— What the wicked are here represented as answering, Matthew 25:44 perhaps may only intimate that such will be the language of their hearts; which Christ perceiving, will repl...
6. ILLUSTRATION OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS (25:31-46) 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him s...
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: THEN SHALL HE SAY ALSO UNTO THEM ON THE LEFT HAND, DEPAR...
29 See Mat_13:12; Luk_:8:18; Joh_15:2. 31 See Mat_19:28; Mar_8:38. 31 The many judgments in the Scriptures should be carefully distinguished as to time and place and participants and the attending ci...
THE LAST JUDGMENT DESCRIBED (peculiar to St. Matthew). Christ here speaks of the judgment of Christians alone, because that was the question which most concerned the Apostles and their future converts...
YE CURSED] but not of My Father. Ye are the authors of your own ruin. PREPARED] not for men, but for THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS. 46. Everlasting] RV 'eternal,' as also in Matthew 25:41. 'Woe to all sinn...
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 pecul...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 25 THE STORY ABOUT THE TEN YOUNG WOMEN 25:1-13 V1 ‘At that time, it will be like this where God rules: Ten young women took their la...
YE CURSED. — The omission of the words “of My Father,” which might have seemed necessary to complete the parallelism with Matthew 25:34, is every way significant. He is not the author of the curse. Th...
CHAPTER 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1 & Matthew 25:1 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge-a ministry of cou...
κατηραμένοι, cursed, not _the_ cursed (οἱ wanting), and without τοῦ πατρός μου. God has no cursed ones. εἰς τὸ πῦρ, etc., the eternal fire is represented as prepared not for the condemned men, but for...
_The Judgment programme_. Much diversity of opinion has prevailed in reference to this remarkable passage; as to the subjects of the judgment, and the authenticity of this judgment programme as a prof...
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. It would...
"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 charact...
Prepared for the devil. When Christ invited the just to his heavenly kingdom, he calls it a kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world; a kingdom of inexpressible happiness, which from...
CHAPTER 21 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 25:1-13. _“Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went out to meet the Bridegroom.”_ Throughout the Bi...
"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 separate...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
41._Depart from me, you cursed. _He now comes to the reprobate, who are so intoxicated by their fading prosperity, that they imagine they will always be happy. He threatens, therefore, that he will co...
Professors, during the Lord's absence, are here presented as virgins, who went out to meet the Bridegroom, and light Him to the house. In this passage He is not the Bridegroom of the church. No others...
THEN SHALL HE ALSO SAY UNTO THEM ON HIS LEFT HAND,.... The goats, the foolish virgins, and slothful and wicked servants, DEPART FROM ME: a like expression is used by him to preachers of the word, and...
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: Ver. 41. _Then shall he say also, &c._] Then: judgment as i...
_Then shall he say to them on the left hand_ In this account of our Lord's proceedings at this awful time, the absolution of the righteous is represented as taking place before the condemnation of the...
"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. The...
31-46 This is a description of the last judgment. It is as an explanation of the former parables. There is a judgment to come, in which every man shall be sentenced to a state of everlasting happines...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 25:45"....
Dialogue of Justin Again, in other words, by which He shall condemn those who are unworthy of salvation, He said, `Depart into outer darkness, which the Father has prepared for Satan and his, angels....
Matthew 25:41 Then G5119 also G2532 say G2046 (G5692) on G1537 hand G2176 Depart G4198 (G5737) from...
“Then will he say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels,' ” Then comes the judgment declared on ‘those on Hi...
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 place...
We have here a picture of the final judgment, ‘the end of the world;' not a parable, though containing the figure of a shepherd dividing the sheep from the goats (Matthew 25:32-33). The pre-millenial...
Matthew 25:41. ACCURSED. ‘Of my Father' (Matthew 25:34) is omitted, for though the curse comes from God, it is through their own fault WHICH IS PREPARED; ‘from the foundation of the world' is not add...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Matthew 25:34 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 Holy Bib...
CONTENTS: Parables of the wise and foolish virgins. Testing of the servants in the Lord's absence. Future testing of the Gentile nations at the Lord's return. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples. CONCL...
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 repr...
AWAY FROM ME! The redeemed will be with the Lord forever (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Those who have turned their back to Christ, will be thrown out into the darkness forever! Jesus makes a strong statemen...
_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. IV....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 25:41 ETERNAL PUNISHMENT. Some interpreters think this judgment (THESE WILL GO AWAY) will occur prior to the start of Jesus’ earthly millennial kingdom. They think the “sheep”...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 25:31. WHEN THE SON OF MAN SHALL COME, etc.—The paragraph, Matthew 25:31, is not a parable, as some, inclusive of Townsend and Olshausen, have supposed, but a prophecy. It is...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 25:1 _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 and retaining...
Shall we turn now to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-five? In the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew's gospel the disciples came to Jesus and asked Him what would be the signs that would precede the des...
1 John 3:10; 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Deuteronomy 27:15;...
Depart into the everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels — Not originally for you: you are intruders into everlasting fire....
Here we have the sentence of condemnation denounced against the wicked. Where observe, 1. The posture in which they are found; AT CHRIST'S LEFT HAND. this doth not so much denote the ignominy of the p...