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When The King Comes In Glory, Mankind Will Be Sent To Their Eternal Destinies

31 “Now when[a] the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, at-that-time He will sit on the throne[b] of His glory, 32 and all the nations will be gathered in front of Him. And He will separate them[c] from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And He will make the sheep stand[d] on His right side, and the goats on the left side.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:31 Jesus returns to where He left off in 24:31.
  2. Matthew 25:31 Or, His throne of glory; or, His glorious throne.
  3. Matthew 25:32 Grammatically this does not refer to ‘nations’, but to the people in the nations, who are referred to next as sheep and goats.
  4. Matthew 25:33 Or, put the sheep, set the sheep.

The Sheep and the Goats

31 “When the Son of Man comes(A) in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.(B) 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate(C) the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.(D) 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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