Tree of Life Version
Matthew 25:32
32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
- New International Version (NIV)All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Context of Matthew 25:32
30Throw the worthless servant out, into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’” 31“Now when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33And He will put the sheep on His right, but the goats on His left. 34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Read all of Matthew 25Matthew 25:32 word by word
καὶ συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφορίσει αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- shall be gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- nationsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- nationsἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- he shall separateἀφορίζωaphorizō · to separateG873
- oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- asὥσπερhōsper · just asG5618
- a shepherdποιμήνpoimēn · shepherdG4166
- sheepπρόβατονprobaton · sheepG4263
- the goatsἔριφοςeriphos · a goatG2056
Cross-references for Matthew 25:32
- Psalms 96:13before Adonai, for He is coming! For He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
- Psalms 98:9before Adonai, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with fairness.
- Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the periods of ignorance, now He commands everyone everywhere to repent.
- Romans 2:12For all who have sinned outside of Torah will also perish outside of Torah, and all who have sinned according to Torah will be judged by Torah.
- Romans 14:10But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you too, why do you look down on your brother? For we all will stand before the judgment seat of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, so that each one may receive what is due for the things he did while in the body—whether good or bad.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead—the great and the small—standing before the throne. The books were opened, and another book was opened—the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
- Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He shall clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but the chaff He shall burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
- Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace; in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand during the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- Psalms 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire is devouring before Him, and it storms around Him mightily.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge out the rebels from among you and those who transgress against Me. I will bring them out from the land where they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. So you will know that I am Adonai.
- Ezekiel 34:17As for you, My flock”—thus says Adonai Elohim—“behold, I will judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.
- Malachi 3:18Then you will return and distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God.
- Psalms 78:52But He brought His people out like sheep, and led them in the wilderness like a flock.
Commentaries on Matthew 25:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32All nations - Literally, all the nations - all the Gentile world; the Jews are necessarily included, but they were spoken of in a particular manner in the preceding chapter. He shall separate them - Set each kind apart by themselves. As a shepherd divideth, etc. - It does not appear that sheep and goats were ever penned or housed together, though they might feed in the same pasture; yet even this was not done but in separate flocks; so Virgil, Eclog. vii…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32And before him - At his coming to judgment the world will be burned up, 2 Peter 3:10, 2 Peter 3:12; Revelation 20:11. The dead in Christ that is, all true Christians - will be raised up from their graves, 1 Thessalonians 4:16. The living will be changed - i. e., will be made like the glorified bodies of those that are raised from the dead, 1 Corinthians 15:52-54; 1 Thessalonians 4:17. All the wicked will rise and come forth to judgment, John 5:28-29…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-46Verses 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 happiness, or misery. Christ shall come, not only in the glory of his Father, but in his own glory, as Mediator. The wicked and godly here dwell together, in the same cities, churches, families, and are not always to be known the one from the other; such are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-46This describes the final judgment of which Jesus had been warning (see Matthew 7:13–27; 8:10–12; 11:20–24; 12:38–42; 13:24–30, 36–43; 16:24–28; 24:37–25:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. And before him shall be gathered all nations--or, "all the nations." That this should be understood to mean the heathen nations, or all except believers in Christ, will seem amazing to any simple reader. Yet this is the exposition of Olshausen, Stier, Keil, Alford (though latterly with some diffidence), and of a number, though not all, of those who hold that Christ will come the second time before the millennium, and that the saints will be caught up…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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