Matthew 25:30-32
King James Version
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 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:
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Matthew 25:30-32
New English Translation
30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness,[a] where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The Judgment
31 “When[b] the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All[c] the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
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- Matthew 25:30 tn The Greek term translated “darkness” (σκότος) is associated with Tartarus in Aeschylus, Eumenides 72; other references to the darkness of death and the underworld can be found throughout the classical literature as far back as Homer. BDAG 932 s.v. σκότος 1 states: “Of the darkness of the place of punishment far removed fr. the heavenly kingdom (Philo, Exsecr. 152 βαθὺ σκότος. Cf. Wsd 17:20; PsSol 14:9.—σκ. κ. βόρβορος ‘gloom and muck’ await those who are untrue to the Eleusinian Mysteries, Ael. Aristid. 22, 10 K.=19 p. 421 D. Of the darkness of death and the underworld in Hom. and the Trag. As the domain of evil spirits PGM 36, 138; Theoph. Ant. 2, 7 [p. 110, 5]) τὸ σκ. τὸ ἐξώτερον the darkness outside Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30.”
- Matthew 25:31 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 25:32 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
Matthew 25:30-32
English Standard Version
30 And (A)cast (B)the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place (C)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The Final Judgment
31 (D)“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, (E)then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him (F)will be gathered (G)all the nations, and (H)he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates (I)the sheep from the goats.
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