Matthew 25:37 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:37

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

KJV

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

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Commentary

1 voice

Rabanus Maurus

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (856)

Lord, when sate we thee &c. This they say not because they distrust the Lord's words, but they are in amaze at so great exaltation, and at the greatness of their own glory; or because the good which they have done will seem to them to be so small according to that of the Apostle, For the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory that shall be revealed in us. (Rom. 8:18.)

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Then shall the righteous ... - This answer is indicative of humility - a deep sense of their being unworthy such commendation. They will feel that their poor acts of kindness have come so far short of what they should have been that they have no claim to praise or reward. It is not, however, to be supposed that in the day of judgment this will be actually “said” by the righteous, but that this would be a proper expression of their feelings.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses our Lord Jesus Christ describes the judgment day, and some of its leading circumstances. There are few passages in the whole Bible more solemn and heart-seaching than this. May we read it with the deep and serious attention which it deserves. Let us mark in the first place who will be the judge in the last day. We read that it will be “the Son of Man” Jesus Christ himself.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
ἀποκριθήσονται	apokrithēsontai	will answer	G611 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
δίκαιοι	dikaioi	righteous	G1342 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying;	G3004 →
κύριε,	kurie	Lord,	G2962 →
πότε	pote	when	G4219 →
σε	se	You	G4771 →
εἴδομεν	eidomen	saw we	G1492 →
πεινῶντα	peinōnta	hungering	G3983 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐθρέψαμεν	ethrepsamen	fed [You]	G5142 →
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
διψῶντα	dipsōnta	thirsting	G1372 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐποτίσαμεν;	epotisamen	gave [You] to drink?	G4222 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Ephesians 3:7–8
  I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
Through
Isaiah 64:6
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
leads to
- Romans 7:18
  I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
- Romans 7:24
  What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
- Ephesians 2:1–2
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Zechariah 3:3
  Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.