Matthew 25:34

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε ἐρεῖ ὁ Βασιλεὺς τοῖς ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ, Δεῦτε, οἱ εὐλογημένοι τοῦ Πατρός μου, κληρονομήσατε τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην ὑμῖν βασιλείαν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου:

Transliteration

Then erei the Basileus to those from [the] right of him, Deute, the eulogēmenoi of the Patros of me, klēronomēsate the hētoimasmenēn for you basileian from katabolēs kosmou:

Grammar Details

• *erei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will say
• *basileus*: nominative masculine singular - king
• *deute*: adverb - come
• *eulogēmenoi*: perfect passive participle, vocative masculine plural - blessed
• *patros*: genitive masculine singular - of father
• *klēronomēsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - inherit
• *hētoimasmenēn*: perfect passive participle, accusative feminine singular - prepared
• *basileian*: accusative feminine singular - kingdom
• *katabolēs*: genitive feminine singular - foundation
• *kosmou*: genitive masculine singular - of world

Word Meanings

• *erei*: will say/tell/speak
• *basileus*: king/ruler/sovereign
• *deute*: come/come here/approach
• *eulogēmenoi*: blessed/praised/honored [perfect - completed state]
• *patros*: father/ancestor
• *klēronomēsate*: inherit/take possession of/receive
• *hētoimasmenēn*: prepared/made ready/established [perfect - completed state]
• *basileian*: kingdom/reign/royal power
• *katabolēs*: foundation/creation/beginning
• *kosmou*: world/universe/creation

Referenced Verses

• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym?
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that ouercommeth, shall inherite all thynges, and I wyl be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And al yt dwel vpon the earth, worshipped him whose names are not writte in the booke of lyfe of ye lambe, which was killed from the beginnyng of the world.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Feare not litle flocke, for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome.
• Luke 19:38 : 38 Saying: Blessed be the kyng that cometh in the name of the Lorde, peace in heauen, and glory in the hyest.
• Matt 20:23 : 23 He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father.
• 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.
• Heb 11:16 : 16 But nowe they desire a better, that is, a heauenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a citie.
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes.
• 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym.
• 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceaued: neither fornicatours, nor idolatours, nor adulterers, nor weaklinges, nor abusers of them selues with mankinde,
• Gal 5:21 : 21 Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.
• Eph 1:3-6 : 3 Blessed be God, the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng, in heauenly thynges by Christe: 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue. 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childre, by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe, according to the good pleasure of his wyll: 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For this ye knowe, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is a worshipper of images, hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe, and of God.
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 That ye woulde walke worthie of God, who hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorie.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs.
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghteousnesse, which the Lorde, the ryghteous iudge, shall geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto the also yt haue loued his appearyng.
• Heb 4:3 : 3 For we which haue beleued, do enter into his rest, as he sayde: Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath, if they shal enter into my rest. Although the workes were made perfecte from the foundation of the worlde.
• Heb 9:26 : 26 (For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde) But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared, to put away sinne, by the sacrifice of hym selfe.
• 1 Cor 15:50 : 50 This saye I brethren, that fleshe and blood can not inherite the kyngdome of God: Neither doth corruption, inherite incorruption.
• Gal 3:13-14 : 13 Christe hath redeemed vs from the curse of the lawe, beyng made a curse for vs. For it is written: Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree: 14 That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe, that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth.
• 1 Pet 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death, 4 To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you, 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.
• 1 Pet 1:9 : 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth, euen the saluation of your soules.
• 1 Pet 1:19-20 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot: 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande, euen before the worlde was made, but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes:
• Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made vs vnto our God kinges and priestes, and we shall raigne on the earth.
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that thou seest, was, and is not, and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pyt, and shall go into perdition, and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder (whose names are not written in the booke of lyfe from the begynnyng of the world) when they beholde the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion: behold, thy kyng commeth vnto thee meke, and syttyng vpon an Asse, & a colt, the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke.
• Matt 22:11-13 : 11 Then the kyng came in, to see the ghestes: and whe he spyed there a man, which had not on a weddyng garmet, 12 He sayde vnto hym: frende, howe camest thou in hyther, not hauyng a weddyng garment? And he was euen speachlesse. 13 Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
• Matt 25:23 : 23 His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he saye vnto them on the left hande: Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels.
• Matt 27:37 : 37 And set vp ouer his head, the cause of his death written: This is Iesus, the king of the Iewes.
• Mark 10:40 : 40 But to syt on my ryght hande, and on my left hande, is not myne to geue, but vnto them, for whom it is prepared.
• Luke 1:31-33 : 31 For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus. 32 He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid: 33 And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kyngdome there shalbe none ende.
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
• John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, thou art euen the very sonne of God, thou art ye kyng of Israel.
• John 12:13 : 13 Toke braunches of paulme trees, and went foorth to meete hym, and cryed: Hosanna, blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde commeth, kyng of Israel.
• John 14:2-3 : 2 In my fathers house, are many dwellyng places: If it were not so, I woulde haue tolde you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you, I wyll come agayne, and receaue you, euen vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also.
• John 19:15 : 15 They cryed, away with hym, away with hym, crucifie hym. Pilate sayth vnto them: Shall I crucifie your king? The hye priestes aunswered: We haue no king but Caesar.
• John 19:19-22 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the crosse. The wrytyng was: Iesus of Nazareth, kyng of the Iewes. 20 This title read many of the Iewes: For the place where Iesus was crucified, was nye to ye citie. And it was written in Hebrue, and Greke, and Latine. 21 Then sayde the hye priestes of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not kyng of the Iewes: but, that he sayde, I am kyng of the Iewes. 22 Pilate aunswered: What I haue written, that haue I written.
• Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you first, God hath raysed vp his sonne Iesus, and hath sent hym to blesse you, in turnyng euery one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 15:18 : 18 Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde.
• Rom 8:17 : 17 If we be sonnes, then are we also heyres, the heyres of God, and ioyntheyres with Christe: So that we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together.
• Gen 12:2-3 : 2 And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be euen a blessyng. 3 I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse the that curseth thee: and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed.
• Deut 11:23-28 : 23 Then wyll the Lord cast out all these nations before you, and ye shalbe the heyres of great nations, and of them that are mightier then your selues. 24 All the places whereon the soles of your feete shall treade, shalbe yours: euen from the wyldernesse, and from Libanon, and fro the riuer Euphrates, euen vnto the vttermost sea shal your coast be. 25 There shall no man be able to stande before you: for the Lord your God shall cast the feare and dread of you vpon all the lande that ye shall treade vpon, as he hath sayde vnto you. 26 Beholde, I set before you this day, a blessing and a curse: 27 A blessing, if ye obay the commaundementes of the Lord your God which I commaunde you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye wyll not obay the commaundemeutes of the Lorde your God, but turne out of the way whiche I commaunde you this day, to go after straunge gods whiche ye haue not knowen.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion.
• Ps 24:7-9 : 7 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates, and be ye lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in. 8 Who is this kyng of glorie? it is God both strong & mightie, it is God mightie in battayle. 9 Lyft vp your heades (O ye gates) and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores: and the kyng of glorie shall enter in. 10 Who is this kyng of glorie? euen the God of hostes, he is the kyng of glorie. Selah.
• Ps 115:13-15 : 13 He wyll blesse those that feare God: the small with the great. 14 God wyll encrease you more and more: both you and also your children. 15 Ye are the blessed of God: which made heauen and earth.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 He shall make no ende to encrease the rule & peace, and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and in his kingdome, to order the same, and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore: This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe.
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie. 2 And that man shalbe vnto men as a defence for the winde, and as a refuge for the tempest, lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place, and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande.
• Isa 33:22 : 22 For the Lorde is our iudge, the Lord is our lawe geuer, the Lord is our king, and he hym selfe shalbe our sauiour.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid, whiche kyng shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wisdome, and shal set vp equitie and righteousnesse agayne in the earth. 6 In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse.
• Dan 9:25 : 25 Knowe therfore and vnderstand, that from the going foorth of the commaudement, to bring againe the people and to builde Hierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, there shalbe seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes: and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall, euen in the straitnes of time.
• Zeph 3:15 : 15 For the Lorde hath taken away thy punishment, & hath cast out thyne enemies: The king of Israel, euen the Lord him selfe is with thee, so that thou nedest no more to feare any misfortune.
• Zech 9:9-9 : 9 Reioyce thou greatly O daughter Sion, be glad O daughter Hierusalem: For lo, the king commeth vnto thee, euen the righteous and sauiour, lowly & simple is he, he rydeth vpon an Asse and vpon the foale of an Asse. 10 I wyl roote out the charrets from Ephraim, and the horse from Hierusalem, the battaile bowes shalbe destroyed, he shal geue the doctrine of peace vnto the heathen: and his dominion shalbe from the one sea to the other, & from the ryuer to the ende of the worlde.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande.
• Matt 5:3-9 : 3 Blessed (are) the poore in spirite: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. 4 Blessed (are) they that mourne: for they shalbe comforted. 5 Blessed (are) the meke: for they shall inherite the earth. 6 Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied. 7 Blessed (are) the mercyfull: for they shall obteyne mercy. 8 Blessed (are) the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed (are) the peace makers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God. 10 Blessed (are) they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. 11 Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake. 12 Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you.
• Matt 5:19 : 19 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen.
• Matt 13:35 : 35 That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
• Matt 19:29 : 29 And euery one that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes, for my names sake, shall receaue an hundred folde, and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe.
• Ezek 37:24-25 : 24 Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their king, and they all shall haue one sheepheard only: they shall walke in my iudgementes, and my commaundementes shall they kepe, and fulfill them. 25 They shall dwell in the lande that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt, wheras your fathers also haue dwelt, yea euen in the same land shal they, their children, & their childers children dwell for euermore: and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince for euer.