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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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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 24:44
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 24:44
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…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 24:43–44
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 24:44
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…
John Calvin
On Matthew 24:44
16th Century
Theologian
But know this. Another illustration is now employed by Christ in exhorting His disciples to keep diligent watch. For if anyone he…
John Gill
On Matthew 24:44
17th Century
Pastor
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 …
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 24:42–51
17th Century
Minister
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 …
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 24:42–51
13th Century
Philosopher
After the Lord affirmed the uncertainty of the hour of His coming, He advises vigilance. This advice is twofold:
- First, He advises all…