The Meaning of Matthew 13:48 Explained

Matthew 13:48

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

YLT: which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,

Darby: which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out.

ASV: which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Matthew 13:48 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 13:44-50 - Securing Treasure Rejecting The Bad
The parables of treasure and pearl are a pair. They describe the various ways we come to know God's truth. Some happen on it suddenly. They are pursuing the ordinary vocations of life when suddenly the ploughshare rings against a box of buried treasure. The husbandman is suddenly rich beyond his dreams.
But in other cases religion is the result of diligent search. Man cannot be happy without God. He goes from philosophy to philosophy, from system to system, turning over the pearls on the dealer's trays; but suddenly his listlessness is transformed to eagerness as he discovers the Christ. Here is the pearl of great price. He has sought and found, and is prepared to renounce all. See Philippians 3:7. Is there not, too, a deep sense in which Jesus has renounced all, that He might purchase for Himself the Church, His bride? He is the merchant, and we the pearl, though only in His eyes-the eyes of love-could we be held worthy of all that He surrendered to win us! [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 13

1  The parable of the sower and the seed;
18  the explanation of it
24  The parable of the weeds;
31  of the mustard seed;
33  of the leaven;
36  explanation of the parable of the weeds
44  The parable of the hidden treasure;
45  of the pearl;
47  of the drag net cast into the sea
53  Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country

Greek Commentary for Matthew 13:48

Vessels [αγγη]
Here only in the N.T. In Matthew 25:4 we have αγγεια — aggeia f0). [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Matthew 13:48

Matthew 3:12 Throughly cleanse [διακαθαριεῖ]
Throughly (retained by Rev.) obsolete form of thoroughly, is the force of the preposition διά (through )In that preposition lies the picture of the farmer beginning at one side of the floor, and working through to the other, cleansing as he goes. The whole metaphor represents the Messiah as separating the evil from the good, according to the tests of his kingdom and Gospel, receiving the worthy into his kingdom and consigning the unworthy to destruction (compare Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:39-43, Matthew 13:48-50). -DIVIDER-
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Matthew 25:4 In their vessels [εν τοις αγγειοις]
Here alone in the N.T., through αγγη — aggē in Matthew 13:48. Extra supply in these receptacles besides the oil in the dish on top of the staff. [source]
Ephesians 4:29 Corrupt [σαπρος]
Rotten, putrid, like fruit (Matthew 7:17.), fish (Matthew 13:48), here the opposite of αγατος — agathos (good). [source]

What do the individual words in Matthew 13:48 mean?

which when it was filled having drawn up on the shore and having sat down they collected the good into vessels and bad out they cast
ἣν ὅτε ἐπληρώθη ἀναβιβάσαντες ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ καθίσαντες συνέλεξαν τὰ καλὰ εἰς ἄγγη δὲ σαπρὰ ἔξω ἔβαλον

ἐπληρώθη  it  was  filled 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: πληρόω  
Sense: to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full.
ἀναβιβάσαντες  having  drawn  up 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀναβιβάζω  
Sense: to cause to go up or ascend, to draw up.
αἰγιαλὸν  shore 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: αἰγιαλός  
Sense: the shore of the sea, the beach.
καθίσαντες  having  sat  down 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: καθίζω  
Sense: to make to sit down.
συνέλεξαν  they  collected 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: συλλέγω  
Sense: to gather up.
καλὰ  good 
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: καλός  
Sense: beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable.
εἰς  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: εἰς  
Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among.
ἄγγη  vessels 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: ἀγγεῖον 
Sense: a vessel, receptacle, a pail, a reservoir.
σαπρὰ  bad 
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: σαπρός  
Sense: rotten, putrefied.
ἔξω  out 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ἔξω  
Sense: without, out of doors.
ἔβαλον  they  cast 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: βάλλω 
Sense: to throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls.

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