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Verse 45. _WHO THEN IS A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT_] All should live
in the same expectation of the coming of Christ, which a servant has
with respect to the return of his master, who, in departing fo...
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This passage is, in fact, “a parable,” though it is not expressly
so called. The design is to show that his disciples should act as if
they were each moment expecting his return. This he illustrates b...
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12. THE OLIVET DISCOURSE; THE KING REVEALS THE FUTURE OF THE KINGDOM.
Chapter s 24-25.
CHAPTER 24
1. The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. (Matthew 24:1 .) 2. The
Questions of the Disciples. (Mat...
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MATTHEW 24:42 TO MATTHEW 25:13. Abbreviating Mark 13:33, with its
simile of the absent householder, into one verse (Matthew 24:42; _cf._
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Watch, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
Understand this--that if the householder had known at what watch of
the night the thief was coming, he would have been awake, and he...
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THE VISION OF THINGS TO COME (Matthew 24:1-31)
We have already seen that it is one of the great characteristics of
Matthew that he gathers together in large blocks the teaching of Jesus
about differe...
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OVER. at the head of Greek. _epi_.
MEAT. their food. "Meat" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Adjunct) for all kinds of food (App-6)....
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_Who then is a faithful and wise servant_ The steward was generally a
slave whom his master had chosen on account of his trustworthiness and
intelligence to be the steward of his estate, his _villicus...
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The Stewards of God
Luke 12:41-48, where this parable is joined on to the preceding one by
a question of St Peter, "Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or
even to all?" Mark 13:37 has "what I s...
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THE LORD COMETH AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
Luke 12:39-40...
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ΟἸΚΕΤΕΊΑΣ, for θεραπείας (Luke 12:42) on good
authority. The rare word οἰκετείας could not have been
inserted as an explanation, whereas this may well have been the case
with θεραπείας. א reads οἰκίας...
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THE COMING OF CHRIST; THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS
More briefly reported in Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36...
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THE STEWARDS OF GOD
Luke 12:41-48, where this parable is joined on to the preceding one by
a question of St Peter, ‘Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us,
or even to all?’ Mark 13:37 has ‘what I s...
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VER 42. "WATCH THEREFORE: FOR YE KNOW NOT WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH
COME. 43. BUT KNOW THIS, THAT IF THE GOODMAN OF THE HOUSE HAD KNOWN IN
WHAT WATCH THE THIEF WOULD COME, HE WOULD HAVE WATCHED, AND WO...
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Ver 45. "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath
made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46.
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall fin...
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_THE FAITHFUL MUST WATCH AND PREPARE MATTHEW 24:45-51_ : The servant
who watches for the Master's return will have a great motivation to
faithfulness and will be blessed. "Blessed is that servant whom...
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ΦΡΌΝΙΜΟΣ (G5429) чуткий, вдумчивый,
мудрый,
ΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2525)
назначать, учреждать,
ΟΊΚΕΤΕΊΑ (G2322) челядь, слуги. Об
обращении с рабами у евреев _см._ SB,
4:698-744....
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3. ILLUSTRATION OF THE CONSCIENTIOUS AND THE HYPOCRITICAL SERVANT
(24:45-51)
45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set
over his household, to give them their food in due sea...
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And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples
came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best
appreh...
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29-31 Compare Mar_13:24-26; Luk_21:26-27.
29 See Rev_6:12-17; Isa_13:10; Joe_2:30-31; Joe_3:15; Amo_5:20.
29 Israel goes through the great affliction, and watches for the Son
of Mankind, Who will sta...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE END OF THE WORLD FORETOLD
1. Jesus went out] RV 'Jesus went out from the temple, and was going
on his way, and his disciples,' etc.
THE BUILDINGS] The magnificent...
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GREAT PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE END OF THE
WORLD (Mark 13:8; Luke 21:7). Many of the most serious difficulties of
this great discourse disappear when it is realised that our Lo...
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AN EXHORTATION TO FAITHFULNESS AND WATCHFULNESS ADDRESSED SPECIALLY TO
THE APOSTLES AND OTHER CHIEF MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH (Luke 12:39). It
appropriately closes the discourse, but whether it really b...
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A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT (RM 'bond-servant')] though referring
primarily to the Apostles and ministers of the Church, may be extended
to all who have the care of the souls of others, or exercise sp...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 24
JESUS TELLS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE *TEMPLE 24:1-2
V1 Then Jesus left the *Temple. He was walking away when his
*disciples came u...
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WHO THEN IS A FAITHFUL...? — Better, _Who then is the faithful and
wise servant?_ The latter word in the Greek is that which ethical
writers had used to express the moral wisdom which adapts means to...
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CHAPTER 18
The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1 & Matthew 25:1
WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed,
He still has a private ministry to discharge-a ministry of cou...
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τίς, who, taken by Grotius, Kuinoel, Schott, etc. = εἴ τις,
_si quis_, supposing a case. But, as Fritzsche points out, the article
before π. δοῦλος is inconsistent with this sense.
πιστὸς, φρόνιμος :...
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_Two parables: the Thief_ and _the Two Servants_, enforcing the
lesson: Watch!...
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WATCH AND WORK
Matthew 24:40-51
There are many comings of the Son of man before the final one to
judgment. We may derive the full benefit of our Lord's words, even
though we have arrived at no settl...
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Passing from the city, the disciples drew their Master's attention to
the stones of the Temple, and He told them that this glorious building
would be demolished so that no single stone would be left u...
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CHAPTER 20
COMING OF THE LORD
Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon,
on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the
ensuin
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"But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. (38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until th...
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We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem,
traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once
been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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45._Who is the faithful and wise servant? _This passage is more
distinctly explained by Luke, who inserts _Peter’s _question, which
gave rise to a new parable. Christ having declared that the suddenne...
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We have already seen that the rejection of the testimony to the
kingdom in grace, is the cause of the judgment that falls upon
Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Now in chapter 24 we have the position
of...
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WHO THEN IS A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT,.... The Vulgate Latin adds,
"do you think?" and is a question put to the disciples, which they
might apply to themselves: in Luke 12:42, it is spoken in answer...
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_Who then is the faithful and wise servant_ Which of you aspires after
this character? _Wise_ Every moment retaining the clearest conviction
that all he now has is only intrusted to him as a steward:...
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MADE RULER; given him the care of providing for his family....
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WHO, THEN, IS A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT, WHOM HIS LORD HATH MADE
RULER OVER HIS HOUSEHOLD TO GIVE THEM MEAT IN DUE SEASON?...
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The faithful servant:...
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He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can
it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His
attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the w...
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42-51 To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of
mind which we would be willing that our Lord should find us in. We
know we have but a little time to live, we cannot know that we hav...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:26"....
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
), good and wise, whom the Lord sets over His household, to give them
their meat in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when
He cometh, shall find so...
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WORDS AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPLE ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND
ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING (24:1-51).
a Introduction in which Jesus declares that the Temple will be utterly
destroyed (Matthew 24:...
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IN THE LIGHT OF HIS SECOND COMING ALL ARE TO WATCH WISELY AND WORK
FAITHFULLY (24:43-51).
There now follow a series of parables in which Jesus stresses both the
need to watch and the need to work. Ind...
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“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set
over his household, to give them their food in due season?”
Jesus now goes on to indicate what ‘watching' involves. For He has
not cal...
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Matthew 24:45-51. A parable, though not distinctly marked as such in
its form. Comp. the parallel account in Mark 13:34-36; and similar
language on another occasion in Luke 12:35-46. Such repetitions...
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Matthew 24:45. WHO THEN IS! A personal question for every believer,
but not a discouraging one.
THE FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT. ‘Wise'(or prudent), because
‘faithful' in Christ's service. Faithfulnes...
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FAITHFUL
See (Luke 12:42); (1 Corinthians 4:2).
It is faithfulness, not ability, in the Lord's service that is first
approved by Him....
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Matthew 24:42. _Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord
doth come._
That he will come, is certain. That his coming may be at any moment,
is equally sure; and, therefore, we ought to be a...
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CONTENTS: Destruction of the temple foretold. The course of the
present age outlined; its culmination in the great tribulation and
followed by the return of Christ in power and glory. Parable of the
f...
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Matthew 24:1. _The buildings of the temple._ Herod had gradually
rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that
the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the second t...
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WHO, THEN, IS THE FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT? This parable is also
found in Luke [it may have been told many times by Jesus]. See also 2
Peter 3:1-9, The central idea of this parable is that God's peop...
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Who, then, is that faithful and wise servant.
I. The particular relation in which we are here represented as
standing to the one that is above us.
II. The representation that is here given of that a...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:1 The Delay, Return, and Judgment of the
Messiah. These two chapters are often called the “Olivet
Discourse” because Jesus “sat on the Mount of Olives” when he
spoke these w...
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Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke
21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Matthew 24:36_
The uncertainty of the end.—We ought to know the season, we cannot
know the moment, of the “appearing” of Christ. So the Saviour
teaches us here. “Of...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 24:1
PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE TIMES OF THE
END. ...
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Now Jesus went out (Matthew 24:1),
Left the house desolate. He is rejected now. They've rejected Him, now
He has rejected them. Leave the house desolate; you're not going to
see me again until you ar...
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1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians
4:2;...
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In due season [ε ς κ α ι ρ ω]. At the regular hours which his
Lord observes when at home; and not delaying because he thinks that
his Lord delayeth his coming (ver. 48), but doing his duty in its
appo...
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Who then is the faithful and wise servant — Which of you aspires
after this character? Wise — Every moment retaining the clearest
conviction, that all he now has is only intrusted to him as a steward:...
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These words may be applied two ways.
1. To all the faithful servants of Christ in general.
Thence learn, That for. person to spend and end his days in the
service of Christ, and doing his will, give...