Matthew Chapter 25 verse 36 Holy Bible
naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
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I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
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naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
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Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
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naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'
read chapter 25 in WEB
naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 36. - Ye visited me. The visitation of the sick has become a common term among us. It implies properly going to see, though other ideas are connoted. Ye came unto me. It was easier in those days to visit friends in prison than it is at the present time. Good men, if they could not obtain release of prisoners, might comfort and sympathize with them. The seven corporal works of mercy which antiquity has endorsed have been preserved in the mnemonic line, "Visito, poto, cibo, redimo, tego, colligo, condo. All these might be performed by non-Christians who professed the fear of God and followed the guidance of conscience. God never leaves himself without witness; his Spirit strives with man, and in the absence of higher and completer revelation, to be wholly guided by these inner motions is to work out salvation, as far as circumstances allow, and in a certain restricted sense. In a universal judgment regard is had to this consideration. "In return for what do they receive such things? For the covering of a roof, for a garment, for bread, for cold water, for visiting, for going into the prison. For indeed in every case it is for what is needed; and sometimes not even for that. For surely the sick and he that is in bonds seek not for this only, but the one to be loosed, the other to be delivered from his infirmity. But he, being gracious, requires only what is within our power, or rather even less than what is within our power, leaving to us to exert our generosity in doing more" (St. Chrysostom, in loc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) Ye visited me.--The Greek word is somewhat stronger than the modern meaning of the English, and includes "looking after," "caring for." The verb is formed from the same root as Episcopos, the bishop, or overseer of the Church.
