Matthew 13:48

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Which	ἣν hēn	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative singular feminine
when	ὅτε hote	G3753	at which (thing) too · conjunction
it was full	ἐπληρώθη eplērōthē	G4137	to make replete · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular
they drew	ἀναβιβάσαντες anabibasantes	G307	to cause to go up · verb — aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
to	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
shore	αἰγιαλόν, aigialon	G123	a beach (on which the waves dash) · noun — accusative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
sat down	καθίσαντες kathisantes	G2523	to seat down · verb — aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
and gathered	συνέλεξαν sunelexan	G4816	to collect · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
the good	καλὰ kala	G2570	X better · adjective — accusative plural neuter
into	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
vessels	ἀγγεῖον angeîon	G30	compare the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη))
but	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
cast	ἔβαλον. ebalon	G906	to throw (in various applications · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
the bad	σαπρὰ sapra	G4550	rotten · adjective — accusative plural neuter
away	ἔξω exō	G1854	out(-side · preposition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind…
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with un…
Matthew 13:40-43 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:44-52

We have four short parables in these verses. I. That of the treasure hid in the field. Hitherto he had compared the kingdom of heaven to small things, because its beginning was small; but, lest any should thence take occasion to think meanly of it, in this parable and the next he represents it as of great value in itself, and of great advantage to those who embrace it, and are willing to come up to its terms; it is here likened to a treasure hid in the field, which, if we will, we may make our own. 1. Jesus Christ is the true Treasure; in him there is an abundance of all that which is rich and useful, and will be a portion for us: all fulness (Col 1:19; Joh 1:16): treasures of wisdom and kno…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 13:48

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore--for the separation will not be made till the number of the elect is accomplished. and sat down--expressing the deliberateness with which the judicial separation will at length be made. and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away--literally, "the rotten," but here meaning, "the foul" or "worthless" fish: corresponding to the "tares" of the other parable.

John Gill on Matthew 13:48

Which when, it was full,.... As the Gospel, and the Gospel church state may be said to be, when all the ends of the preaching of the word are answered; when all are called by the one, and into the other, that were designed to be called; when the fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought in, and all Israel shall be saved, They drew to the shore; which will be done, when the end of the world comes; then will an end be put to the Gospel ministry, the net will be drawn to shore; the preaching of the Gospel will cease, and no more use be made of it: and sat down; the ministers of the word having done their work, enter into the joy of their Lord, and rest from their labours: and gathered the goo…

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John Calvin on Matthew 13:44-52

The Church Fathers

For when the net shall be drawn to the shore, then shall be shown the true test for separating the fishes.
— Jerome ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

For when the end of the world shall be come, then shall be shown the true test of separating the fishes, and as in a sheltered harbour the good shall be sent into the vessels of heavenly abodes, but the flame of hell shall seize the wicked to be dried up and withered.
— Jerome ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

But when the consummation and end of the world comes, as he explains more clearly below, then the fishing net will be drawn to the shore: then the true judgment of separating the fish will be displayed, and as if in a very calm harbor, the good will be placed in the vessels of celestial mansions: but the wicked will be received to be burned and dried up by the flame of hell.
— Jerome, Commentary on Matthew

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Church — Derived probably from the Greek kuriakon (i.e., “the Lord’s house”), which was used by ancient authors for the place of worship. In the New Testament it is the translation of the Greek word ecclesia,…
Fishing, the art of — Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples (Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the winds and the…
Net — In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The…
Fishes · Illustrative: Of the visible church — Illustrative: Of the visible church
Kingdom Of Heaven · .To a net — .To a net
Parables · Parables of christ: Net cast into the sea — Parables of christ: Net cast into the sea
Righteous · .Good fish — .Good fish
Saints, Compared To · Good fishes — Good fishes
Sermon · Besi — Besi
Wicked (People) · .Bad fish — .Bad fish
Wicked, The, Are Compared To · Bad fishes — Bad fishes

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:44-52

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 13:48

John Gill on Matthew 13:48

John Calvin on Matthew 13:44-52

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:44-52

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 13:48

John Gill on Matthew 13:48

John Calvin on Matthew 13:44-52

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 13:47-50