Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 13:48:
Matthew 13:17
Matthew 13:46
Ephesians 5:27
2 Timothy 2:20
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