Matthew 13:36-43

Jun 07, 2011 05:34 AM Done v 43 thru Gill

<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-36.htm" >36</a>Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

<a href="http://barnes.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a>

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<li>We have no idea of more acute suffering than to be thrown into the fire, and to have our bodies made capable of bearing the burning heat, and living on m this burning heat forever and forever. It is not certain that our Saviour meant to teach here that hell is made up of "material" fire; but it is certain that he meant to teach that this would be a proper "representation" of the sufferings of the lost. We may be further assured that the Redeemer would not deceive us, or use words to torment and tantalize us. He would not talk of hell-fire which had no existence, nor would the Saviour of people hold out frightful images merely to terrify mankind. If he has spoken of hell, then there is a hell. If he meant to say that the wicked shall suffer, then they will suffer. If he did not mean to deceive mankind, then there is a hell, and then the wicked will be punished. The impenitent, therefore, should be alarmed. And the righteous, however much wickedness they may see, and however many hypocrites there may be in the church, should be cheered with the prospect that soon the just will be separated from the unjust, and that they shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.</li>

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<a href="http://clarke.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Clarke's Commentary on the Bible</a>

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What is the cause of Evil in the world?

We must allow that God, who is infinite in holiness, purity, and goodness, could not have done it. Nothing can produce what is not in itself. This is a maxim which every man subscribes to: God then could not have produced sin, forasmuch as his nature is infinite goodness and holiness. He made man at first in his own image, a transcript of his own purity: and, since sin entered into the world, He has done every thing consistent with his own perfections, and the freedom of the human mind, to drive it out, and to make and keep man holy.

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-37.htm" >37</a>He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-38.htm" >38</a>The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

<a href="http://sco.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Scofield Reference Notes</a>

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<li>Margin world - kosmos = mankind. See Scofield Note: "Mt 4:8".</li>

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-39.htm" >39</a>The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

<a href="http://jfb.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a>

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<li>The harvest is the end of the world-the period of Christ's second coming, and of the judicial separation of the righteous and the wicked. Till then, no attempt is to be made to effect such separation. But to stretch this so far as to justify allowing openly scandalous persons to remain in the communion of the Church, is to wrest the teaching of this parable to other than its proper design, and go in the teeth of apostolic injunctions (1Co 5:1-13)</li>

<li>And the reapers are the angels-But whose angels are they? "The Son of man shall send forth His angels" (Mt 13:41). Compare 1Pe 3:22, "Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him."</li>

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-40.htm" >40</a>As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-41.htm" >41</a>The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

<a href="http://wes.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Wesley's Notes</a>

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<li>13:41 They shall gather all things that offend - Whatever had hindered or grieved the children of God; whatever things or persons had hindered the good seed which Christ had sown from taking root or bearing fruit. The Greek word is, All scandals.</li>

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-42.htm" >42</a>And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

<a href="http://gill.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a>

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<li>And shall cast them into a furnace of fire,.... Not a material, but a metaphorical one; denoting the wrath of God, which shall fall upon wicked men, and abide upon them to all eternity: which is sometimes called hell fire, sometimes a lake which burns with fire and brimstone; and here a furnace of fire, expressing the vehemency and intenseness of divine wrath, which will be intolerable; in allusion either to Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace, or as some think, to the custom of burning persons alive in some countries; or rather, to the burning of chaff and stubble, and the stalks of any unprofitable things that grew in the field (f), for the heating of furnaces, and is the very language of the Jews, who used to compare hell to a furnace; so <a href="http://bible.cc/genesis/15-17.htm" >Genesis 15:17</a> is paraphrased by them</li>

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<a href="http://jfb.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a>

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<li>What terrific strength of language-the "casting" or "flinging" expressive of indignation, abhorrence, contempt (compare Ps 9:17; Da 12:2): "the furnace of fire" denoting the fierceness of the torment: the "wailing" signifying the anguish this causes; while the "gnashing of teeth" is a graphic way of expressing the despair in which its remedilessness issues (see Mt 8:12)</li>

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<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-43.htm" >43</a>Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

<a href="http://vws.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Vincent's Word Studies</a>

Shine forth (ἐκλάμψουσιν)

The compound verb with ἐκ, forth, is designedly used to express a dissipating of darkness which has hidden: a bursting into light. The righteous shall shine forth as the sun from behind a cloud. The mixture of evil with good in the world obscures the good, and veils the true glory of righteous character. Compare <a href="brain://ElSA2UGewVmzHS_kiZrg8Q/" class="thought-link"> </a><a title="Go there" color="rgb(0, 146, 242)" text-decoration="none" href="http://bible.cc/daniel/12-3.htm">Daniel 12:2, 3</a>.

<a href="http://sco.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Scofield Reference Notes</a>

[1] Then

The kingdom does not become the kingdom of the "Father" until Christ, having "put all enemies under his feet," including the last enemy, death, has "delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father" 1Cor 15:24-28 Rev 20:2. There is triumph over death at the first resurrection 1Cor 15:54,55 but death, "the last enemy," is not destroyed till the end of the millennium. Rev 20:14.

Margin righteous

See Scofield Note: "Rom 10:10", Also, Col 3:4 2Th 1:5-10