Matthew 25:36

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܥܰܪܛܶܠܳܝܳܐ ܗ݈ܘܺܝܬ݂ ܘܟ݂ܰܣܺܝܬ݁ܽܘܢܳܢܝ ܟ݁ܪܺܝܗ ܗ݈ܘܺܝܬ݂ ܘܰܣܥܰܪܬ݁ܽܘܢܳܢܝ ܘܒ݂ܶܝܬ݂ ܐܰܣܺܝܪܶܐ ܗ݈ܘܺܝܬ݂ ܘܶܐܬ݂ܰܝܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܠܘܳܬ݂ܝ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Naked: Job 31:19, Job 31:20, Luke 3:11, James 2:14-16

was sick: Matthew 25:43, Ezekiel 34:4, Acts 20:35, Acts 28:8, Acts 28:9, James 1:27, James 5:14, James 5:15

I was in: Philippians 4:10-14, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Hebrews 10:34, Hebrews 13:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 23:2 - and have Matthew 13:43 - shall Acts 9:39 - and showing Acts 15:36 - Let Philippians 2:30 - nigh Hebrews 9:15 - eternal

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Naked, and ye clothed me,.... For in such a condition sometimes are the dear children of God, and members of Christ; see 1 Corinthians 4:11, when others, who, Dorcas like, have made coats and garments for them, and clothed them with them; and which will be shown another day, or taken notice of as the fruits, and so evidences of the grace of God in them.

I was sick, and ye visited me, or "looked after me", or "over me": or, as the Persic version renders it, ye had the care of me; and which is the true sense and import of the word: for it not only intends visits paid to sick persons in a Christian manner, relieving them with their substance, giving good advice, or speaking comfortable words to them; but attending them, and waiting on them, and doing such things for them which, in their weak state, they are not capable of doing for themselves. Visiting of the sick was reckoned, by the Jews, a very worthy action: they speak great things of it, and as what will be highly rewarded hereafter.

"Six things, (they say h,) a man eats the fruit of them in this world, and there is a stable portion for him in the world to come:''

and the two first of them are, הכנסת אורחין "the taking in of travellers", or "strangers", which is mentioned in the preceding verse, and ביקור חולים, "visiting the sick". One of their Rabbins i says,

"he that does not visit the sick, is as if he shed blood: says another, he that visits the sick is the cause of his living; and he that does not visit the sick, is the cause of his death: and, says a third, whoever visits the sick shall be preserved from the damnation of hell.''

I was in prison, and ye came unto me: which has been often the lot of the saints, as it was frequently of the Apostle Paul, who had this respect shown him by many of the people of God, as by the house of Onesiphorus, and by Epaphroditus, who brought him a present from the Philippians, when in bonds; and which will be remembered another day.

h T. Bab. Sabbat, fol, 127. i T. Bab. Nedarim, fol. 40. 1. Vid. Maimon. Hilch. Ebel, c. 14. sect. 4, 5, 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was an hungered - The union between Christ and his people is the most tender and endearing of all connections. It is represented by the closest unions of which we have knowledge, John 15:4-6; Ephesians 5:23-32; 1 Corinthians 6:15. This is a union - not physical, but moral; a union of feelings, interests, plans, destiny; or, in other words, he and his people have similar feelings, love the same objects, share the same trials, and inherit the same blessedness, John 14:19; Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:21; Romans 8:17. Hence, he considers favors shown to his people as shown to himself, and will reward them accordingly, Matthew 10:40, Matthew 10:42. They show attachment to him, and love to his cause. By showing kindness to the poor, the needy, and the sick, they show that they possess his spirit, for he did it when on earth; they evince attachment to him, for he was poor and needy; and they show that they have the proper spirit to outfit them for heaven, 1Jo 3:14, 1 John 3:17; James 2:1-5; Mark 9:41.

Was a stranger - The word “stranger” means a foreigner or traveler; in our language, one unknown to us. To receive such to the rites of hospitality was, in Eastern countries, where there were few or no public houses, a great virtue. See Genesis 18:1-8; Hebrews 8:2.

Took me in - Into your house. Received me kindly.

Naked - Poorly clothed. Among the Jews they were called “naked” who were clad in poor raiment, or who had on only the “tunic” or inner garment, without any outer garment. See the Matthew 5:40 note; also Acts 19:16 note; Mark 14:51-52 notes; Job 22:6 note; Isaiah 58:7 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. I was sick, and ye visited me — Relieving the strangers, and visiting the sick, were in high estimation among the Jews. One of their sayings on this head is worthy of notice: "He who neglects to visit the sick is like him who has shed blood." That is, as he has neglected, when it was in his power, to preserve life, he is as guilty in the sight of the Lord as he is who has committed murder. See Kypke in loco.