And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
42. And shall cast them into afurnace of firerather, “the furnace of fire”:
there shall be wailing andgnashing of teethWhat terrific strength of languagethe”casting” or “flinging” expressive ofindignation, abhorrence, contempt (compare Psa 9:17;Dan 12:2): “the furnace offire” denoting the fierceness of the torment: the “wailing”signifying the anguish this causes; while the “gnashing ofteeth” is a graphic way of expressing the despair in which itsremedilessness issues (see Mt8:12)!
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire,…. Not a material, but a metaphorical one; denoting the wrath of God, which shall fall upon wicked men, and abide upon them to all eternity: which is sometimes called hell fire, sometimes a lake which burns with fire and brimstone; and here a furnace of fire, expressing the vehemency and intenseness of divine wrath, which will be intolerable; in allusion either to Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace, or as some think, to the custom of burning persons alive in some countries; or rather, to the burning of chaff and stubble, and the stalks of any unprofitable things that grew in the field f, for the heating of furnaces, and is the very language of the Jews, who used to compare hell to a furnace; so Ge 15:17 is paraphrased by them g.
“And behold the sun set, and there was darkness; and lo! Abraham saw until the seats were set, and the thrones cast down; and lo! “hell”, which is prepared for the wicked in the world to come, , “as a furnace”, which sparks and flames of fire surrounded; , “in the midst of which”, the wicked fell, because they rebelled against the law, in their lifetime.”
Which is expressed in much the same language, and conveys the same ideas as here; and no wonder is it that it follows,
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth; declaring the remorse of conscience, the tortures of mind, the sense of inexpressible pain, and punishment, the wicked shall feel; also their furious rage and black despair.
f Misn. Sabbat. c. 3. sect. 1. & Maimon, & Bartenora in ib. g Hieros. Targum in Gen. xv. 17.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1) “And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire:” (kai balousin autous eis ten kaminon tou puros) “And he will deliberately cast them down into ‘the’ furnace of fire,” Mat 25:41; Mat 25:46; Mr 9:44,46,48,
2) “There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” (ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton) “There will be the sound of wailing and gnashing or grinding of the teeth,” in the hell of eternal conscious torment, Luk 16:19-31; Rev 14:9-11; Mat 8:12.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire. This is a metaphorical expression; for, as the infinite glory which is laid up for the sons of God so far exceeds all our senses, that we cannot find words to express it, so the punishment which awaits the reprobate is incomprehensible, and is therefore shadowed out according to the measure of our capacity. From ignorance of this, the Sophists have tortured themselves, to no purpose, by fruitless disputes, as we have already hinted on a former occasion. (217) Some commentators, I am aware, carry their ingenious inquiries into every minute phrase; but as there is reason to fear that subtleties, which rest on no solid grounds, may lead us into idle fooleries, I choose to philosophize more sparingly, and to rest satisfied with the plain and natural meaning. If we put a question to those who are so delighted with matters of curiosity, how it comes about that, while Christ is asleep, and unacquainted with the affair, the devil sows tares among the good seed, they will have nothing to reply; but while I desire to exercise caution, I have endeavored to leave out nothing that is useful and necessary to be known.
(217) Harmony, volume 1 p. 200.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(42) Into a furnace of fire.Better, the furnacei.e., that of Gehenna, in which there will be the wailing and gnashing of teeth. (See Notes on Mat. 8:12.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
42. Furnace of fire Fire is the most usual form under which penal retribution is described in the New Testament. The fires of the valley of Hinnom were to the Jews the emblem of future, penalty. Hence the burning flame is the ordinary symbol of hell. And if there be not in the world of retribution a real material fire, yet what fire is to the body that the element of hell will doubtless be to the soul and to the immortal resurrection body.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“And will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
And all who have been in rebellion against God, and against the Son of Man, will be tossed into the furnace of fire to be burned up (compare Dan 3:6 which this strongly echoes). The idea of the wicked ending up in fire is a constant one in Scripture, but it must not be applied literally (any more than must the pearly gates and pure gold of the new Jerusalem). It is rather a vivid picture depicting the awful end of the unbeliever in earthly terms. (Not that its non-literalness will make it any easier to bear, for it rather symbolises the awfulness of the antipathy of God (the wrath of God) against sin).
It probably arose initially from what men did with cities once they had captured them (Isa 1:7 and often). It continued with the idea of the burning rubbish dump outside Jerusalem on which ‘transgressors’ would be cast (Isa 66:24), and the fact that fire was regularly the way of getting rid of what was useless (Joh 15:6) or offensive, and of punishing rebellious people, either as individuals (Dan 3:6) or by burning their lands or their cities (Mat 22:7). And it gradually developed into the idea of Gehenna, the place of the destruction of the wicked. It is symbolised in Revelation as a Lake of Fire (Rev 20:14-15), where it is, however, the recipient of both spiritual beings (Satan), and political and religious systems (the wild beast and the false prophet), as well as of death and of the grave (Hades). It is the place where God disposes of all that spoils creation, the final Incinerator from which none who are not His can escape.
The weeping and gnashing of teeth is a regular picture of anguish and despair as men recognise what they have lost and forfeited (see also Mat 13:50 ‘furnace of fire’; and compare Mat 8:12, where their end is depicted as ‘outer darkness’, that is, being excluded from the lights of the feast; Mat 22:13 similarly ‘outer darkness’; Mat 24:51 ‘a portion with the hypocrites’; Mat 25:30 ‘outer darkness’). The emphasis in this phrase is on the value of what has been lost causing misery and despair.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 13:42. A furnace The furnace.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mat 13:42 . The furnace (Dan 3:6 ) represents Gehenna. Comp. Rev 20:15 .
] see note on Mat 8:12 .
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Ver. 42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire ] Lo, the good angels are executioners of God’s judgments. There cannot be a better and more noble act, than to do justice upon obstinate malefactors. Howbeit, at Rome they would not suffer the common executioner to dwell within the city, nay, not so much as once to be seen in it, a or draw breath in the air of it. This was very strict in them, and that was very just in God, that Twiford, which was executioner of Frith, Bayfield, Bainham, Tewkesbury, Lambert, and other good men, died rotting aboveground, so that none could abide to come near him.
a Censoriae leges et foro el coelo, et spiritu urbi carnificem interdicunt, et urbis domicilio carere volant. Cic. pro Rabirio.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mat 13:42 . . etc.: held to be inappropriate here, because the gnashing of teeth is caused by cold , not by fire (Holtz., H. C.); appropriate in Mat 8:12 , where the doom is rejection into the outer darkness.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
a furnace = the furnace, as in Mat 13:50.
wailing and gnashing. See note on Mat 8:12.
gnashing = the grinding.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mat 13:42. , and they shall cast) This is repeated in the same words in Mat 13:50.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
cast: Mat 3:12, Mat 25:41, Psa 21:9, Dan 3:6, Dan 3:15-17, Dan 3:21, Dan 3:22, Mar 9:43-49, Luk 16:23, Luk 16:24, Rev 14:10, Rev 19:20, Rev 20:10, Rev 20:14, Rev 20:15, Rev 21:8
wailing: Mat 13:50, Mat 8:12, Mat 22:13, Luk 13:28
Reciprocal: Gen 19:13 – Lord hath 2Sa 23:7 – and they shall Est 4:3 – weeping Psa 140:10 – let them Pro 21:15 – destruction Ecc 5:8 – higher than they Isa 49:18 – Lift up Isa 65:14 – ye shall Eze 10:7 – and went Amo 9:10 – the sinners Mat 18:7 – but Mat 25:30 – outer Mat 25:32 – he shall separate Luk 12:46 – and will appoint Act 7:54 – they gnashed Heb 10:27 – fiery Rev 15:1 – seven angels Rev 16:1 – and pour Rev 16:10 – they
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:42
Wailing and gnashing of teeth. The subject of endless punishment will be fully considered at chapter 25:46. It will be stated here however, that the phrase in italics indicates a condition of conscious torment.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 13:42. And shall cast them, etc. As the tares were burned, this may be figurative, but it undoubtedly refers to intolerable suffering, resulting not simply from the circumstances of the evildoers in a future state but from their character.
There shall be the weeping. Comp. chap. Mat 8:12. These awful words must mean something positive and punitive.