Matthew 25:32

American Standard Version (1901)

and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ συναχθήσεται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη: καὶ ἀφοριεῖ αὐτοὺς ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων:

Transliteration

And synachthēsetai before him all the ethnē: and aphoriei them from allēlōn, just as the poimēn aphorizei the probata from the eriphōn:

Grammar Details

• *synachthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be gathered
• *ethnē*: nominative neuter plural - nations/peoples
• *aphoriei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will separate
• *allēlōn*: reciprocal pronoun, genitive - from one another
• *poimēn*: nominative masculine singular - shepherd
• *aphorizei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - separates
• *probata*: accusative neuter plural - sheep
• *eriphōn*: genitive masculine plural - of young goats

Word Meanings

• *synachthēsetai*: will be gathered/assembled/brought together
• *ethnē*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *aphoriei*: will separate/divide/set apart
• *allēlōn*: one another/each other
• *poimēn*: shepherd/herdsman
• *aphorizei*: separates/divides/sets apart
• *probata*: sheep/flock
• *eriphōn*: young goats/kids

Referenced Verses

• Matt 13:49 : 49 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Ezek 34:17-22 : 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
• Ps 96:13 : 13 Before Jehovah; For he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• Ps 50:3-5 : 3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him. 4 He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
• Ps 78:52 : 52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
• Ezek 20:38 : 38 and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ps 1:5 : 5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
• Matt 13:42-43 : 42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
• John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• Acts 17:30-31 : 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Rom 2:12 : 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;
• Rom 2:16 : 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
• Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
• Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire. 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.