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Mat_13:43. Τότε ] then, when this purging out of all the σκάνδαλα has been effected.
ἐκλάμψ .] the compound verb, which is used on purpose (to shine forth, to burst into light, Xen. Cyr. vii. 1, 2; Plat. Gorg. p. 484 A, Rep. iv. p. 435 A), and so not to be taken merely as descriptive of eternal felicity in its general aspect, but as conveying the idea of a sublime display of majestic splendor, of the δόξα of the righteous in the future kingdom of the Messiah. Comp. Dan. 13:3; Enoch 38:4, 39:7, 104:4. Contrast to the fate of the wicked in the furnace of fire.
τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν ] sweet closing words, full of blessed confidence, Mat_25:34.