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Matthew 19:30
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28 So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, ayou who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  
29 aAnd everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother1 or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.  
30 aBut many who are first will be last, and the last first. 
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Matthew 19:30

The last first and the first last (oi esxatoi prwtoi kai oi prwtoi esxatoi). This paradoxical enigma is probably in the nature of a rebuke to Peter and refers to ranks in the kingdom. There are many other possible applications. The following parable illustrates it.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 19:30:

Matthew 20:1
Matthew 20:16
Mark 10:31
Luke 13:30

 

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