Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Matthew 25:21
make. set.
enter. joy. He enters into joy, and joy enters into him.
the joy. the [place of] joy.
make. set.
enter. joy. He enters into joy, and joy enters into him.
the joy. the [place of] joy.
RULER OVER MANY THINGS - I will promote thee to greater honors and to more important trusts. JOY OF THY LORD - In the meantime share the pleasures and enjoyments of his palace; be his companion, and r...
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 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...
THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...
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...
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...
_ruler over many things_ The privileges of heaven shall be in proportion to the services wrought on earth. _enter thou into the joy of thy lord_ Either (1) share the life of happiness which thy lord...
ἘΠῚ ὈΛΊΓΑ ΠΙΣΤΌΣ. Accusative from notion of extending over. ἐπὶ πολλῶν, over or upon, without the closer connection indicated by ἐπὶ with the dative. ΕἼΣΕΛΘΕ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΧΑΡᾺΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ΣΟΥ. Either (1)...
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...
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...
_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...
ΈΦΗ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΦΉΜΙ (G5346) говорить. ΕΎ (G2095) _adv._ "молодец!" "прекрасно!" (EGT). ΚΑΤΑΣΤΉΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2525) избирать, ΕΊΣΕΛΘΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ ...
WELL DONE!— The original word Ευ, has a peculiar force and energy, far beyond what we can express in English. It was used by auditors or spectators in any public exercise, to express the highest appla...
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...
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. HIS LORD...
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...
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...
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...
WELL DONE] In this parable the servants having been equally faithful and diligent, receive, despite the difference of the talents entrusted to them, an equal reward. It is different in the parable of...
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...
I WILL MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS. — Better, I _will set thee over many things._ The word “ruler” is not in the Greek. Here again, as in Matthew 24:47, we have a glimpse given us into the future...
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...
εὖ, well done! excellent! = εὖγε in classics, which is the approved reading in Luke 19:17. Meyer takes it as an adverb, qualifying πιστός, but standing in so emphatic a position at the head of the sen...
Matthew 25:19-23....
_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...
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...
"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...
His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: (d) enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (d) C...
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...
"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...
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...
_FOUND FAITHFUL_ ‘His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy...
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...
HIS LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WELL DONE,.... Gospel ministers do not say so to themselves; they know they can do nothing well of themselves, and when they have done all they can, they own they are but unpro...
His lord said unto him, Well done, _thou_ good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Ver. 21....
_His lord said unto him, Well done_ “The original word, Ευ, _well done_, has a peculiar force and energy, far beyond what we can express in English. It was used by auditors or spectators in any public...
MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS; advance thee to a higher station in my service. The principle here stated is perpetually illustrated in Christ's dealings with his servants in this world, but will ha...
HIS LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WELL DONE, THOU. GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT; THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS, I WILL MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS; ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD....
The accounting of the good servants;...
"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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 25:23"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV "Well done," He says, "good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful in little, I will appoint thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord...
Matthew 25:21 G1161 His G846 lord G2962 said G5346 (G5713) him G846 Well G2095 good G18 and...
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...
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' ” And he thus received his Lo...
The order is chronological (comp. Mark 7:24 to Mark 8:10; especially the miracle peculiar to that Gospel). This visit of our Lord to Gentile regions followed an attack from the Pharisees. (Comp, the c...
Matthew 25:21. I WILL SET THEE OVER MANY THINGS. In the kingdom of glory; or on the other theory, during the millenium. INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD. In Luke the official position is recognized in the ru...
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...
THE JOY OF THY LORD (την χαριν του κυριου σου). The word χαρα or joy may refer to the feast on the master's return. So in verse Matthew 25:23....
WELL DONE The Lord's commendation may be earned by the weakest of His servants; it is given for faithful service....
Matthew 25:19 The Account to be rendered. I. Is not the servant who had received least a type of the insignificant of the earth, of the immerse mass of those who are commonly called the _proletaires_...
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...
Matthew 25:16 The Servants at Work. I. It is the great law of labour which the Gospel affirms here, in the example of those two men doubling the talents they had received. The first gift of God is mu...
Matthew 25:20 Fidelity and Recompense. I. The teaching of this parable, although addressed at first to the disciples, is not to be limited to them, nor to any who, like them, are charged with the ful...
Matthew 25:21 Before us is a servant of Jesus Christ, and we have to consider: (1) His Character, (2) his Conduct, (3) his Reward.. I. His Character. "Good and faithful;" good, personally virtuous, a...
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...
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...
WELL DONE. Faithfulness in managing small amounts will bring new opportunities....
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 25:20 WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. What was important was their faithfulness in using their gifts and potential....
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
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...
_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...
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 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 1:8; 2 Chronicles 31:20;...