When he shall return from the marriage feast (ποτε αναλυση εκ των γαμων). The interrogative conjunction ποτε and the deliberative …

Let your loins, and so on. This alludes to the ancient manner of dress. They wore a long flowing robe as their outer garment. (See Barnes …

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Having taught His disciples moderation and freed them from all the cares and conceits of this life, o…

In Jesus’ time, a person “dressed ready for service” tucked his flowing outer robe under his belt or sash. This was done to prepare for travel, fig…

And you yourselves like men that wait for their master. He uses another parable not mentioned by Matthew, who writes more briefly on this …

And you yourselves like unto men that wait for their
Lord
Who either was at a wedding…

Christ strongly emphasized this caution not to give way to unsettling, perplexing worries (Matthew 6:25–34). The arguments used here ar…