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Matthew 13:40 Cross-References
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“As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.”
Matthew 13:40 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 13:40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world (ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, en tē synteleía tou aiōnos toutou). The comparison is explicit: just as farmers inevitably separated darnel from wheat at harvest and burned the poisonous weeds, divine judgment will separate false professors from true believers at the eschaton.The burning is not annihilation but punishment—fire imagery consistently represents conscious judgment in Scripture (v. 42, 50; Matthew 25:41). The aorist passive are gathered (συλλέγεται, syllegetai) emphasizes the tho...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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