Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 25:35-40
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 was an hungred, and ye gave me meat. This doth not imply any desert, much less any worthiness of equality between the work and the reward; but that evangelical works, the products of unfeigned faith and love, qualify us by the covenant of grace to receive it. The causes of the reward are either, the original... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:31-46
Matthew 25:31-1 Corinthians : . 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 the assumption is that all the nations have become Christian ere the Judgment. For the sheep and the goats cf. Ezekiel 34:17 ff. Note the sudden transition to the title “ King” ( Matthew 25:34). Have we here another adaptation to the Parousia of a parable in... read more