Matthew 25:46 Put in the Greek by religious leaders or even Emperor Justinian?

[Jasperius]

I read in my Bible this verse from the Gospel of Matthew.

Jesus says  These therefore shall go forth into everlasting punishment and the righteous into life eternal. Matthew 25:46

Yet Jesus mentions earlier that hasn't lost any of his sheep and that those that God hast given Him he has lost none. I believe the word eternal actually originally was put in either by one of the religious leaders years after Jesus ascended or that the Emporer Justinian originally put that word in there. After all Psalm 65:verse 2-3 says what it says. 

[martincisneros]

No, it's an original quote from Jesus.  May even be His quotation of the sheep/goat parable from the book of Enoch which is a bit longer and more detailed and which though having aionios kolasis vs. aionios zoe, or something to that effect, winds up going on to explain the Lord bringing the goats back to Himself in the process of time.  I haven't read the book of Enoch in about 7 years, but I'm pretty sure that there's text in it to that effect.  Jesus may have simply been citing that to those familiar with that text, since Jude's epistle does quote it later in the New Testament; not this particular passage, but he quotes from Enoch nevertheless.  I'm not citing Enoch as though it were Scripture, although it is to the Coptic Church, appearing in their canon right before Job.  I'm just saying it's not a later addition.  Some scholars believe that both complete copies and fragments of the 4 Gospel predating 70A.D. have been found.  I don't insist upon this, since I can't cite my references on that right now, but there's no reason to believe that that portion of Matthew was a later addition.  I believe that "More than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell cites evidence of at least fragments of the 4 Gospels going back to the first century.  That book was written quite a while ago, though.

The trend of the early Church Fathers that wanted to dogmatize about ET was to get people away from the Greek Scriptures and over into their Latin versions and extra-Biblical texts such as 2Esdras.  The trend of the early Church Fathers was also to treat UR as one of the hidden mysteries of the Gospel that not all people should be privy to, so that they preached one thing in the presence of certain crowds and they preached something else to other crowds, or they'd teach ET to the public and mention that they were lying their butts off in their writings for the sake of ecclesiastical control for the sake of guarding people against sin, false doctrines, etc.  I don't need to cite all of the books that document this 'cause quite a few of them can be found on the books page of the main Tentmaker.org website.  More stuff can be found at True Grace Ministries website and at the Saviour of all Fellowship's website, particularly in the newsletters section.

[Jaareshiah]

The statement at Matthew 25:46, is Jesus own words, laying out the blessings of those righteous ones who assist Jesus "brothers" and the judgment regarding those classed as wicked ones, unwilling to help Jesus "brothers" here on the earth before the "battle of the great day of God Almighty" at Armageddon.(Rev 16:16) This statement at Matthew 25:46 is in the most ancient Greek manuscripts, such as the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus of the fourth century C.E.

The Book of Enoch is an apocryphal and pseudepigraphic text. It is falsely ascribed to Enoch. Produced probably sometime during the second and first centuries B.C.E., it is a collection of extravagant and unhistorical Jewish myths, evidently the product of exegetical elaborations on the brief Genesis reference to Enoch. This alone is sufficient for lovers of God's inspired Word to dismiss it.

In the Bible, only the book of Jude contains Enoch's prophetic words: "Look! Jehovah came with his holy myriads, to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him." (Jude 14, 15) Many scholars contend that Enoch's prophecy against his ungodly contemporaries is quoted directly from the Book of Enoch. Is it possible that Jude used an unreliable apocryphal book as his source ? In a word, no.

At Matthew 25:34, Jesus says to those "on his right", "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world." He then says that when "he" became hungry, or thirsty, he was given food and drink, when "naked", was given clothes, When sick, these looked after him, when in "prison", came to see him. Yet these ones "on his right", asked: ' Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you something to drink,....see you a stranger and receive you hospitality, naked and clothe you, sick or in prison and go to you ?'(Matt 25:35-39)

Jesus, as the "king", replies: "Truly I say to you, To the extent that you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me."(Matt 25:40) Thus, the ones who see to the needs of Jesus' "brothers" are not then Jesus "brothers". Who are Jesus' "brothers" ? At Hebrews 2:17, the apostle Paul says that Jesus "was obliged to become like his "brothers" in all respects, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God." In verse 16, Paul is speaking of these as "Abraham's seed". At Romans 9:4, Paul says that initially the "adoption as sons" to God belonged to the fleshly nation of Israel. Because these failed as a nation to measure up, murdering God's "only-begotten Son", as a nation they were rejected.(Matt 23:37-39)

Yet, Paul says that "it is not as though the word of God had failed", for there would still be a spiritual nation of Israel, for he says: "For not all who spring from Israel are "Israel". Neither because they are Abraham's (fleshly) seed are they all chidren...That is, the children in the flesh are not really the children of God, but the children by the promise are counted as the seed."(Rom 9:6-8)

Thus, Jesus' "brothers" are those chosen by God as "Abraham's seed", those who are adopted as "sons" by God for the "kingdom of heaven",(Rom 8:15,16) a heavenly government put into place to restore what Adam lost, and remove all wickedness from the earth, including all human governments.(Dan 2:44) He further said: "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."(Luke 12:32) But who are those that have provided needed assistance to these "brothers" of Jesus in fulfilling their commission to preach the "good news of the kingdom"(Matt 24:14) while on the earth, those not chosen as "heirs" of the "kingdom" ?(Rom 8:17)

Since, those who are Jesus' "brothers" are those chosen by God for heavenly life, as "kings and priests",(Rev 5:9,10) then those who assist them have not the same hope of heavenly life. In addition, Jesus said that there are two ' folds', one selected as his "brothers", but another group of faithful ones called the "other sheep". These make up though "one flock".(John 10:16,17) Jesus helps to identify this group that also gains God's favor, for he said: "Blessed are the meek, for these shall inherit the earth."(Matt 5:5, King James Bible) Jesus was here quoting from Psalms 37:11, which says that "the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."(King James Bible)

Hence, those as "meek" ones who assist Jesus "brothers", are rewarded with "everlasting (Greek, aionios) life (Greek, zoe)" on this earth in a paradise, whereas those who are unwilling in this regard, "depart into everlasting (Greek, aionios ) cutting-off ( Greek, kolasis, literally lopping off, pruning)".(Matt 25:46)