At the mill (εν τω μυλω). So Westcott and Hort and not μυλων (millhouse) Textus Receptus. The millstone and then hand-mill which w…

Two women, etc. Grinding in the East was performed, as it is now, chiefly by hand. The mill-stones were about two feet in diameter, and ha…

Two women shall be grinding at the mill — These words paint a picture of the lowest form of female labor, where one woman holds the lower …

The division between the godly and the ungodly, at the coming of Christ, will be very precise. Companions in labor will be separated forever in “th…

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord, having described all the signs that will precede His coming and brought His discourse to the ve…

These two vignettes stress the unexpectedness of the event by means of the sudden cleavage between two people. Two men are working in a field; one …

Two women shall be grinding at the mill
Though the word women is not in the Greek text, yet it is rightly supplied by…

Christ foretells His second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express their greatness and certainty.…

After the Lord answered the disciples' question concerning the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, He begins here to answer them concerning His S…