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Matthew 25:12–15 on the recto side of Papyrus 35 from 3rd/4th century. The original text was written in Koine Greek. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Papyrus 45 (~AD 250; extant verses 41–46) Papyrus 35 (3rd/4th century; extant verses 12–15, 20–23) Codex Vaticanus (325–350) Codex Sinaiticus (330–360 ...
The setting of the parable of the talents in Matthew 25 is the Mt. Olivet discourse. In Matthew 24–25, the overall theme is end-time events, warning, and parables. "The direct cautions and warnings (Matthew 24:42, Matthew 24:44; Matthew 25:13) must be for the disciples (his audience)—warnings to be watchful and to be ready for Christ's coming".
According to Matthew 25:1–13, ten virgins await a bridegroom; five have brought enough oil for their lamps for the wait, while the oil of the other five runs out. The five virgins who are prepared for the bridegroom's arrival are rewarded, while the five who went to buy further oil miss the bridegroom's arrival and are disowned.
Some writers treat this chapter as part of the fifth and final discourse of Matthew's gospel, along with chapters 24 and 25, although in other cases a distinction is made between chapter 23, where Jesus speaks with "the multitudes and [his] disciples", [2] and chapters 24-25, where he speaks "privately" (see Matthew 24:3) with his disciples.
Joseph Smith–Matthew includes Smith's retranslation of Matthew 23:39 and all of Matthew chapter 24. The translation was created by Smith in 1831. The translation was created by Smith in 1831. The text deals mainly with Jesus' prophecy of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and of similar calamities that will precede his Second Coming .
Early 6th century Byzantine mosaic art, depicting Christ separating the sheep from the goats. The blue angel is possibly the earliest artistic depiction of Satan.. The Sheep and the Goats or "the Judgement of the Nations" is a pronouncement of Jesus recorded in chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew, although unlike most parables it does not purport to relate a story of events happening to other ...
It was the first systematic expository of the entire Bible made by the Adventist church, the first such to consider the original, biblical languages behind the English text of the King James Version, and the first to consistently incorporate contemporary archaeological research to provide a historical context for interpretation. [1]
Matthew 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It commences the Olivet Discourse or "Little Apocalypse" spoken by Jesus Christ, also described as the Eschatological Discourse, [1] which continues into chapter 25. [2] It contains Jesus' prediction of the destruction of the Temple in ...