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Then will they also answer, saying, `Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not help you?`
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The Blindness of Neglect
Commentators note the genuine surprise of the condemned. They ask, "When did we see you?" not as a lie, but because they are spiritually blind to their own sin. They failed to see that their indifference to the suffering of others was a direct rejection of Christ himself. This serves as a warning against self-deception and a call to self-examination.
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19th Century
Anglican
When saw we thee ...? —As before, there is an unconsciousness of the greatness of what had been done for good or evil. People thou…
Baptist
What a deceiver is sin! How presumptuous, that even in the presence of the Omniscient Judge, it denies its own real character and makes its devotee…
The condemnation is even more awful than in 7:23. The “goats” are cursed: they are banished from the King’s presence and sent to the eternal fire. …
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16th Century
Protestant
Then shall they also answer him. The same kind of striking portrayal that Christ had previously employed is now repeated to inform the rep…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then shall they also answer him As well as the righteous, being likewise astonished at what he had said, but on a di…
Presbyterian
This is a description of the last judgment, serving as an explanation of the preceding parables. A judgment is coming in which everyone will be sen…
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13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord set forth different parables pertaining to the Judgment; here, however, He openly deals with His Judgment. He does three things:
