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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 25:36

Ye visited me. — The Greek word is somewhat stronger than the modern meaning of the English, and includes “looking after,” “caring for.” The verb is formed from the same root as Episcopos, the bishop, or overseer of the Church.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 36. _I WAS SICK, AND YE VISITED ME_] Relieving the strangers, and visiting the sick, were in high estimation among the Jews. One of their sayings on this head is worthy of notice: "He who neglec...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • 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...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. NAKED, AND YE CLOTHED ME: ... SICK, AND YE VISITED ME: ... PRISON, AND YE CAME UNTO ME....

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • 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

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  • 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

    _ And you visited me. How easy are the things our Saviour requires at our hands! He will not say at the day of judgment: "I was in prison, and you delivered me; I was sick, and you healed me; but only...

  • 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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NAKED, AND YE CLOTHED ME,.... For in such a condition sometimes are the dear children of God, and members of Christ; see 1 Corinthians 4:11, when others, who, Dorcas like, have made coats and garments...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The sentence upon the righteous:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • 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

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 25:40"....

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Scorpiace ; and when He wishes a brother to be visited in prison,[75] Cyprian Epistle LIX Our brotherhood, considering all these things according to your letter, and sorrowfully examining...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 25:36 naked G1131 and G2532 clothed G4016 (G5627) Me G3165 sick G770 (G5656) and G2532 visited...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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

    Matthew 25:36. NAKED, or, poorly clothed. SICK IN PRISON. Healing and release are not mentioned, these could be rendered by a few only; but visitation, sympathy, care, which all can give....

  • 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...

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

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    CLOTHED ME (περιεβαλετε με). Second aorist middle indicative, cast something around me.VISITED ME (επεσκεψασθε με). Looked after, came to see. Our "visit" is from Latin _viso, video_. Cf. our Eng...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • 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 WAS HUNGRY AND YOU FED ME. The reason why those on the right receive the eternal kingdom is seen. They had demonstrated their faith by their actions (James 2:14-26). What they had done to fellow-men...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 1:16; Acts 20:35; Acts 28:8; Acts 28:9; Ezekiel 34:4;...

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

    Visited [ε π ε σ κ ε ψ α σ θ ε]. Lit., Ye looked upon. 6 Our word visit is from the Latin viso, to look steadfastly at, and thence to visit. We retain the original thought in the popular phrases to se...

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