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Matthew 25:40

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III

and this, "In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these My brethren, ye have done it to Me."[52]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

deinde subjungit: "Quatenus fecistis uni horum minimorum, mihi fecistis."[79]

The Second Epistle of Pope Pontianus

Most dearly beloved, study to lift up the oppressed, and always help the necessitous; for if a man relieves an afflicted brother, delivers a captive, or consoles a mourner, let him have no doubt that that will be recompensed to him by Him on whom he bestows it all, and who says: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me."[14]

Origen Commentary on John Book I " And it is clear that whatever is done to the disciples of Jesus is done to Him. Pointing to those of them who met with kind treatment, He says to those who were kind to them,[60]

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 25:40. _INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE_ IT _UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF_ _THESE MY BRETHREN_] The meanest follower of Christ is acknowledged by him as his _brother_! What infinite condescension!...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE - One of the obscurest, the least known, the poorest, the most despised and afflicted. MY BRETHREN - Either those who are Christians, whom he condescends to call brethren, or...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • 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 really that of the Christian Church, unless indeed t...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    "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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LEAST. Emph.. even the least....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ye have done it unto me_ This unconscious personal service of Christ may be contrasted with the conscious but unreal knowledge of Christ assumed by false prophets; see Luke 13:26. Christ identifies...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΦʼ ὍΣΟΝ. ‘So far as,’ ἐπὶ denotes the point to which the action extends. ἘΜΟῚ ἘΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ. This unconscious personal service of Christ may be contrasted with the conscious but unreal knowledge of Chri...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE DAY OF JUDGMENT...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (dep.), см._ Matthew 25:37. ΈΡΕ FUT. _ind. act., см._ Matthew 25:34. ΕΦ' ΌΣΟΝ насколько касается (EGT). ΈΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΈΝ _dat. mas...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1399 THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARITABLE EXERTIONS Matthew 25:35. 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, and ye cl...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    VERILY I SAY—IN AS MUCH, &C.— This is unspeakably astonishing! The united wisdom of angels could not have thought of any thing more proper to convey an idea of the warmth and strength of the divine be...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. AND THE KING SHALL ANSWER AND SA...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • 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 of the most striking of all Christ's sayings, is pecul...

  • 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 most concerned the Apostles and their future converts...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN. — The words are true, in different degrees of intensity, in proportion as the relationship is consciously recognised, of every m...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐφʼ ὅσον, n so far as = καθʼ ὅσον (Hebrews 7:20), used of time in Matthew 9:15. ἑνὶ … ἐλαχίστων, the Judge's brethren spoken of as a body apart, not _subjects_, but rather _instruments_, of judgment....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    οἱ εὐλογημένοι τοῦ πατρός μου, my Father's blessed ones, the participle being in effect a substantive. κληρονομήσατε, etc.: this clause Weiss regards as a proof that the parable originally referred to...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _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...

  • 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 the judgment of _the nations,_ Matthew 25:32. It would...

  • 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 before the coming of the King this will be its charact...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    As long as you did it to one of these, my least brethren. Can there be a more forcible motive to charity, than the assurance of revelation that the Son of God will accept all good of offices done to t...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • 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 shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _CHRIST IN HIS POOR_ ‘Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.’ Matthew 25:40 The ground of the judgment, you note, is the carrying out in th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    40._Verily I tell you. _As Christ has just now told us, by a figure, that our senses do not yet comprehend how highly he values deeds of charity, so now he openly declares, that he will reckon as done...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING SHALL ANSWER, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... Christ, though a king, and now appearing in great glory and majesty, yet such will be his goodness and condescension, as to return an answer to the qu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done _it_ unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done _it_ unto me. Ver. 40. _One of the least of...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 coul...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME; expressive of the intimate and endearing union of Christ and his people. Jesus Christ considers himself to be treated by men as they treat his known disciples. And from the manne...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The sentence upon the righteous:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THE KING SHALL ANSWER AND SAY UNTO THEM, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME. In this picture, the Judge stands o...

  • Leslie 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 take lamps to go forth to meet the bridegroom. The...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 35-40. The recompences of the last judgment are according to the tenor of our good works, and the desert of evil works. The King here gives the reason of his gracious rewarding sentence, FOR I WA...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 25:40 And G2532 King G935 answer G611 (G5679) say G2046 (G5692) them G846 Assuredly G281 say...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers, even these least, you did it to me.' ” For the King will point out that it was when...

  • 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). It should be noted that it is not said to take place...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 25:40. UNTO ONE OF THESE LEAST (or, these the least') OF MY BRETHREN, YE DID IT UNTO ME. This principle is the basis of Christian charity, as of all Christian morality. The prominence given to...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    YE DID IT UNTO ME (εμο εποιησατε). Dative of personal interest. Christ identifies himself with the needy and the suffering. This conduct is proof of possession of love for Christ and likeness to hi...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 by virgins bearing lighted torches. The virgins repr...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    I TELL YOU, INDEED. Compare Matthew 20:25-28. These had acted out what the Lord said, in serving others in the name of Christ. But they had not known that Christ accepted this as personal service to h...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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....

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    INASMUCH Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40 (AV). Have you ever heard the story of the Fourth Wise Man? You have all hear...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 25:40 LEAST OF THESE. Those who are most needy among Jesus’ BROTHERS (Jesus’ disciples, but also all believers)....

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    1-40 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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 16:21; 1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:20;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    The least. The word in the Greek order is emphatic : One of these my brethren, the least. So Rev., even these least....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me — What encouragement is here to assist the household of faith? But let us likewise remember to do good to all men....

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