4808. It will be clear that this is the substance of the internal sense of this passage when each word is explained in line with that sense. But here only those contained in verses 31-33 are to be explained, namely these,
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. And before Him all nations will be gathered, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will place the sheep at His right hand and the goats at the left.
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