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Matthew 25:45

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Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 45

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!

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Strong's Concordancev. 45

τότε (tóte, G5119) — the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution) ἀποκρίνομαι (apokrínomai, G611) — to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H06030)… αὐτός (autós, G846) — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the… λέγω (légō, G3004) — properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or… ἀμήν (amḗn, G281) — properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as… ὑμῖν (hymîn, G5213) — to (with or by) you ἐπί (epí, G1909) — properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of… ὅσος (hósos, G3745) — as (much, great, long, etc.) as ποιέω (poiéō, G4160) — to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) οὐ (ou, G3756) — the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not εἷς (heîs, G1520) — one ἐλάχιστος (eláchistos, G1646) — used as equivalent to G3398 (μικρός); least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.) τούτων (toútōn, G5130) — of (from or concerning) these (persons or things) οὐδέ (oudé, G3761) — not however, i.e. neither, nor, not even

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