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Andκαὶallπάνταthe nationsτὰ ἔθνηwill be gatheredσυναχθήσονταιbeforeἔμπροσθενhim,αὐτοῦandκαὶhe will separateἀφορίσειthemαὐτοὺςfromἀπ’one another,ἀλλήλωνjust asὥσπερthe shepherdὁ ποιμὴνseparatesἀφορίζειthe sheepτὰ πρόβαταfromἀπὸthe goats;τῶν ἐρίφων
Matthew 25:32
Study it in the app“And 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;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 25:32, word by word
- the nationsἔθνηethnē
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnē” appears- will be gatheredσυναχθήσονταιsynachthēsontai
gather
To bring people or things together into one place.
Where else “synachthēsontai” appears- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen
before, in front of
In front of, before.
Where else “emprosthen” appears- he will separateἀφορίσειaphorisei
set apart, separate
Separate, set apart; also mark off by boundaries.
Where else “aphorisei” appears- one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlōn” appears- just asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- the shepherdποιμὴνpoimēn
shepherd
One who looks after and leads sheep.
Where else “poimēn” appears- the sheepπρόβαταprobata
flock
The people a shepherd cares for, God's people.
Where else “probata” appears- the goatsἐρίφωνeriphōn
young goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “eriphōn” appears
The context
31But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 · This verse (above)
33and he will set the sheep at his right, but the goats at the left.
To study Matthew 25 in a group
1. What it says
What difference was there between the wise and the foolish virgins when the bridegroom came (vv. 3–10)?
2. What it means
What does Jesus teach by saying “as much as you did it to one of these my least brothers, you did it to me” (v. 40)?
3. How I live it
The King names simple things: food, water, clothing, a visit (vv. 35–36). To whom could you offer one of them this week?