Matthew 25:33
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He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.
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JESUS LED AWAY TO PILATE--REMORSE AND SUICIDE OF JUDAS. ( = Mar 15:1; Luk 23:1; Joh 18:28). (Mat 27:1-10) Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned--The condemnation, even though not unexpected, might well fill him with horror. But perhaps this unhappy man expected, that, while he got the bribe, the Lord would miraculously escape, as He had once and again done before, out of His enemies power: and if so, his remorse would come upon him with all the greater keenness. repented himself--but, as the issue too sadly showed, it was "the sorrow of the world, which worketh death" (Co2 7:10). and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders--A remarkable illustration of the power of an awakened conscience. A short time before, the promise of this sordid pelf was temptation enough to his covetous heart to outweigh the most overwhelming obligations of duty and love; now, the possession of it so lashes him that he cannot use it, cannot even keep it!
Open source ↗25:33 The right hand is the place of honor (Gen 48:13-20; Ps 110:1).
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Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,