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Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don`t expect, the Son of Man will come.
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Be Ready for the Unexpected
Commentators unanimously stress that the core message is the unexpectedness of Christ's return. Using the analogy of a thief in the night, they explain that since we cannot know the day or hour, our only wise response is constant vigilance. This isn't about date-setting, which scholars call useless, but about living in a perpetual state of preparedness for an event that could happen at any moment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Be ye also ready. Luke 21:36 says that He charged them to pray always, so that they might be accounted worthy to escape those t…
That ye think not (η ου δοκειτε ωρα). It is useless to set the day and hour for Christ's coming. It is folly to neglect it. This f…
19th Century
Anglican
In such an hour as ye think not — The words are important, showing that even the signs that were to be like the budding o…
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Baptist
Perhaps you can imagine how eagerly the householder watches when he expects thieves. Every little sound alarms him. He thinks he hears someone at t…
The first parable teaches both the unexpectedness of the return of “your Lord” and the church’s willingness to call Jesus “the Lord,” a religious t…
16th Century
Protestant
But know this. Another illustration is now employed by Christ in exhorting His disciples to keep diligent watch. For if anyone he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore be you also ready Or prepared for the coming of the son of man; which as it is said to be like a thief in …
To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that disposition of mind in which we would be willing for our Lord to find us.
We know that we …
13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord affirmed the uncertainty of the hour of His coming, He advises vigilance. This advice is twofold:
