Matthew 25:32

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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:

📖 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 at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
• 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 GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my flock, 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 GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed 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 cattle and cattle.
• Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
• Ps 50:3-5 : 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from 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 made his own people to go forth 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 country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ps 1:5 : 5 Therefore the ungodly 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 throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matt 13:42-43 : 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• Acts 17:30-31 : 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that 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 law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
• Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy bther? or why dost thou set at nought thy bther? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and gat, stand befo God; and the books we opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead we judged out of those things which we written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which we in it; and death and hell delived up the dead which we in them: and they we judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell we cast into the lake of fi. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fi.