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Verse Matthew 25:14. _CALLED HIS OWN SERVANTS_] God never makes the
children of men _proprietors_ of his goods. _They_ are formed by his
power, and upheld by his bounty; and they hold their lives and...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ... - The “parable of the talents” was
spoken still further to illustrate the manner in which he would deal
with people at his return to judgment. The words “the kingdom, of...
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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...
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THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS (_cf._ Luke 19:11). There is also a
resemblance to Mark 13:33, especially Matthew 25:34. Loisy thinks this
parable had originally no reference to the Parousia and the Judgme...
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Even so, a man who was going abroad called his servants, and handed
over his belongings to them. To one he gave a thousand pounds; to
another five hundred pounds; to another two hundred and fifty poun...
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THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...
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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Or, supply the Ellipsis from Matthew 25:13,
"[the coming of the Son of man]".
TRAVELLING, &C. See note on "went", &c, Matthew 21:33....
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_into a far country_ These words do not occur in the original, the
word translated "travelling into a far country," is rendered in the
next verse "took his journey."
_delivered unto them his goods_ Cp...
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The Parable of the Talents, in this Gospel only
The parable of the Pounds, Luke 19:12-27, is similar, but there are
important points of distinction; (1) in regard to the occasions on
which the two pa...
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ΠΑΡΈΔΩΚΕΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΤᾺ ὙΠΆΡΧΟΝΤΑ
ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. Cp. Mark 13:34. ‘A man taking a far journey, who
left his house and gave authority (rather, his authority) to his
servants, and to every man his work.’ Christ...
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THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS,
in this Gospel only.
The parable of the Pounds, Luke 19:12-27, is similar, but there are
important points of distinction; (1) in regard to the occasions on
which the two...
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Ver 14. "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far
country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his
goods. 15. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and...
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_THE SERVANTS THAT USED THEIR TALENTS MATTHEW 25:14-23:_ Jesus wanted
us to understand what readiness means so He taught a great lesson
about two men that used the talents of money that their master h...
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ΑΠΟΔΉΜΩΝ _praes. act. part. пот. masc. sing. от_
ΆΠΟΔΗΜΈΩ (G589) отправляться в
путешествие, собираться покинуть свой
народ, уйти в другую страну (RWP). Temp, или
причинное _part._ "Когда он собирался...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AS A MAN TRAVELLING— _For He_ [_the
Son,_ Matthew 25:13.] _is as a man,_ &c. _The kingdom of heaven,_
added by our translators, appears to be repeated from the first verse...
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5. ILLUSTRATION OF THE WISE AND FOOLISH STEWARDS (25:14-30)
14 For _it is_ as _when_ a man, going into another country, called his
own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he
g...
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For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
FOR [THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS] AS A MAN. The ellipsis is better...
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1 The parable of the ten virgins applies only to the kingdom at the
time specified. When the
Lord comes in glory to enter into covenant relationship with Israel at
the commencement of the day of Jehov...
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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...
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A MAN] i.e. Jesus Christ. TRAVELLING INTO A FAR COUNTRY] viz. when He
ascended into heaven. An ancient writer beautifully says: 'He CALLS
His going to the Father a journey into a far country out of lo...
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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS (distinct from, though similar to, that of the
Pounds, Luke 19:11, q.v.). The parable is intended for all Christians,
warning even those of the meanest ability to use to the bes...
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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...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. — The italicised words are introduced for
the sake of grammatical completeness. The Greek runs simply, “For as
a man... called his own servants,” with no formal close to the...
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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...
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ὥσπερ : suggests a comparison between the parabolic history and
the course of things in the kingdom, but the apodosis carrying out the
comparison is omitted. γὰρ implies that the point of comparison i...
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_Parable of the Talents_ (_cf._ Luke 19:11-28), according to Weiss
(Mt.-Ev., 535) and Wendt (L. J., i., 145) not a _Parusia_ -parable
originally, but spoken at some other time, and inculcating, like t...
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BY FAITHFULNESS WIN REWARD
Matthew 25:14-30
We are not only guests, but servants, who must give an account of
their stewardship. Each bond slave has been entrusted with at least
one talent. The numbe...
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"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...
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(2) For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far
country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his
goods.
(2) Christ witnesses that there will be a long time between...
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But that the apostles and all men might learn how they ought to watch,
and to prepare for the last day, he subjoins another instructive
parable of the ten talents. It has a great affinity with that
me...
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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...
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"For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. (15)
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to ano...
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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...
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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...
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FOR [THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN] IS AS A MAN TRAVELLING,.... Our Lord adds
another parable to illustrate the Gospel dispensation, or its visible
church state; or the state of things respecting the church o...
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For _the kingdom of heaven is_ as a man travelling into a far country,
_who_ called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Ver. 14. _And delivered unto them his goods_] There is scarcel...
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_For_, &c. To show us more clearly the nature and duty of Christian
watchfulness, to which he exhorts us in the preceding verse, our
Saviour immediately subjoins another parable, wherein he represents...
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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; the object of this parable was to show, that as
all our blessings come from God, we are accountable to him, and should
so use them as to meet his approbation....
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THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS.
The talents entrusted:...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AS A MAN TRAVELING INTO A FAR COUNTRY,
WHO CALLED HIS OWN SERVANTS, AND DELIVERED UNTO THEM HIS GOODS....
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"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...
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14-30 Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their
all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin. Our
receiving from Christ is in order to our working for him. The
m...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 25:15"....
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Matthew 25:14 For G1063 like G5618 man G444 country G589 (G5723)
called G2564 (G5656) own G2398 servants...
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“For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own
servants, and delivered to them his goods.”
‘It is as --.' That is, ‘the Kingly Rule of Heaven is as --.' Note
the relationship of...
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THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS (25:14-30).
In this third of three major parables on the need to be ready for His
coming Jesus likens Himself to a man who goes to another country and
hands over control of...
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The close connection of this parable with the last is indicated by its
opening words. The time is the same, but the two can readily be
distinguished: ‘The virgins were represented as _waiting_ for the...
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Matthew 25:14. FOR IT IS. The events illustrated in the previous
parable, ‘The kingdom of heaven' is not specific enough. The
omission of ‘the Son of man,' etc. (Matthew 25:13) forbids our
supplying ‘...
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GOING INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY
(αποδημων). About to go away from one's people (δημος),
on the point of going abroad. This word in ancient use in this sense.
There is an ellipse here that has to be supp...
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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS
Omit the italicised words, "the kingdom of heaven is"....
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Matthew 25:14
In the case of the unprofitable servant as it emerges in the latter
portion of the parable, three points demand our attention separately
and successively the Reason, the Nature, and the...
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Matthew 25:14
Unequal Gifts.
At the very opening of this parable we shall encounter a thought which
touches on the saddest and most irritating problem that our century
has tried to solve; that of the...
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Matthew 25:14. _For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a
far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his
goods._
This parable has to do with you who are professors...
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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...
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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...
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IT WILL BE LIKE A MAN. Christ returning to heaven (Acts 1:9). CALLED
HIS SERVANTS. Symbolic of the obligation which Christ placed on his
followers (Matthew 28:19-20)....
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_Who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods._
LIFE A JOURNEY
1. There is a variety of circumstances which will attend the believer
in his journey through life.
2. Moreover trave...
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Jesus teaches of the wicked tenants: Matthew 21:33-46; Mark
12:1-12 and Luke 20:9-19 Parables of Stewardship Matthew 25:14-30
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CHAPTER 25
_Then_... _which went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride_
(Vulg.). _And the bride_ is not found in the Greek, nor in S.
Chrysostom. It is the reading of the Latin and the Syria...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 25:14. FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, etc.—See R.V.
SERVANTS.—Slaves. DELIVERED UNTO THEM HIS GOODS.—The outward
framework of the parable lies in the Eastern way of dealing with
p...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 1
Corinthians 4:1;...
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Travelling [α π ο δ η μ ω ν]. The sense is more nearly about
to travel, like our going abroad....
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Our Lord proceeds by a parable still plainer (if that can be) to
declare the final reward of a harmless man. May God give all such in
this their day, ears to hear and hearts to understand it! The king...
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Observe here, the person intrusting, Christ; the persons intrusted,
all Christians; the talents they are intrusted with, goods; that is,
goods of providence, riches and honours; gifts of mind, wisdom,...