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Text -- Matthew 24:36-51 (NET)
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Be Ready!
24:36 “But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone .
24:37 For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be .
24:38 For in those days before the flood , people were eating and drinking , marrying and giving in marriage , until the day Noah entered the ark .
24:39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away . It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man .
24:40 Then there will be two men in the field ; one will be taken and one left .
24:41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill ; one will be taken and one left .
24:42 “Therefore stay alert , because you do not know on what day your Lord will come .
24:43 But understand this : If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming , he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into .
24:44 Therefore you also must be ready , because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
The Faithful and Wise Slave
24:45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave , whom the master has put in charge of his household , to give the other slaves their food at the proper time ?
24:46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes .
24:47 I tell you the truth , the master will put him in charge of all his possessions .
24:48 But if that evil slave should say to himself , ‘My master is staying away a long time ,’
24:49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards ,
24:50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee ,
24:51 and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Mill |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
MILLENNIUM, PREMILLENNIAL VIEW |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS |
Temple |
PAROUSIA |
Matthew, Gospel according to |
Olves, Mount of |
Watchfulness |
Commandments |
Servant |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
Israel |
Impenitence |
God |
Minister |
Procrastination |
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NET Notes: Mat 24:36 ‡ Some important witnesses, including early Alexandrian and Western mss (א*,2 B D Θ Ë13 pc it vgmss Irlat Hiermss), have the add...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:37 Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:40 There is debate among commentators and scholars over the phrase one will be taken and one left about whether one is taken for judgment or for salvatio...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:41 According to L&N 46.16, this refers to a hand mill normally operated by two women.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:42 Most later mss (L 0281 Ï lat) have here ὥρᾳ ({wra, “hour”) instead of ἡμέρα (Jemera, ̶...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:43 On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:44 Jesus made clear that his coming could not be timed, and suggested it would take some time – so long, in fact, that some will not be looking for...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:47 Grk “he”; the referent (the master) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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