34. Ton, K.T.X., then, etc.) cf. this address with that to the kids [Eng. Vers., goats] in ver. 41.
Here, Come : There, Depart from me :
ye blessed of my Father : ye cursed :
inherit the kingdom : into the fire :
prepared for you : prepared for the devil
and his angels : from the foundation of the
world. eternal, (so called in ver. 46).
— o BaffiXtug, the King) an appellation full of majesty, and joyful only to the godly ; see ver. 40. — rot narp6$ Mou, of My Father) We have been chosen in Christ. — xXvpovo/j-riffart, inherit) Therefore the yap, for, in the next verse ought not to be pressed too much. — ^Toi^afff^svriv, prepared) There is an intimate relation between this verb and the noun xara/SoX^, foundation. — buTv, for you) Therefore elect men have not supplied the place of the angels who sinned. — a<ro xara/3oX5j$ xoapov, from the foundation of the world) The preposition aero, from, cor responds with the Hebrew ft, which signifies before ; cf. Eph. i. 4. When good and bad are compared together, good is fre quently described by eternity, so to speak, antecedent ; bad, by its hereafter : thus it is in this verse ; cf. ver. 41, and 1 Cor. ii. 7,6.
35. 'ESwxarg, x.r.A., ye have given, etc.1) Of all good and bad actions, those will be especially mentioned which have been per formed to the saints, which presuppose faith and love towards Jesus Christ and His brethren, and involve confession of His name, which are most frequent, and remarkable, and conspicuous ; and then, from the manifest glory of the Lord, the dignity of His bre thren, and the character of good and evil actions towards them, will be manifest ; cf. ch. x. 40, 41. This discourse exhibits simul taneously the former misery and excellence of the saints, the former ability and wickedness of the ungodly, and the most righteous recompense of both. Of the works of mercy, however,
[Hebr. leaders ; lit. great goats] of the earth." Comp. Ezek. xxxiv. 17 ; Zech. x. 3. — ED.
1 Oh what a vast recompense (Vergeltung) ! An eternal kingdom in re turn for such insignificant acts of kindness (g?gen solche Wu/iltaten) ! — B. G. V.