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Mat_25:34. Ὁ βασιλεύς ] because Christ is understood to have appeared ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ , Mat_16:28, which fact is here self-evident from Mat_25:31.
οἱ εὐλογημένοι τοῦ πατρός μου ] the blessed of my Father (for “in Christo electi sumus,” Bengel), now actually so (see on Eph_1:3) by being admitted into the Messianic kingdom that has been prepared for them. On the use of the participial substantive with a genitive, see Lobeck, ad Aj. 358; Winer, p. 178 [E. T. 236].
ἡτοιμασμένην ] not merely destined, but: put in readiness; comp. Mat_20:23; 1Co_2:9; Joh_14:2. Καὶ οὐκ εἶπε λάβετε , ἀλλά · κληρονομήσατε , ὡς οἰκεῖα , ὡς πατρῷα , ὡς ὑμέτερα , ὡς ὑμῖν ἄνωθεν ὀφειλόμενα , Chrysostom. This κληρονομία is the fulfilment of the promise of Mat_5:5, κληρονομήσουσι τὴν γῆν . Comp. Mat_19:29.
ἀπὸ καταβ . κ .] Mat_13:35, not equivalent to πρὸ κ . κ ., when the election took place (Eph_1:4; 1Pe_1:20). For the order of the words, comp. Kühner, ad Xen. Anab. iv. 2. 18.