The scholarly consensus, however, is that aiōnios can and often does denote ‘never ending’. Granted, this observation may cut little ice with those who are out on a theological limb in the first place. But perhaps more significant is the fact that in Matthew 25:46 and numerous other New Testament texts there is no obvious reason to assume that aiōnios means anything less than ‘everlasting’. Since the age in question endures for ever, it is only logical to infer that the same applies to both the life