(10) Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(10) Against those that persuade themselves that God will be merciful to all men, and do by this means give themselves over to sin, that they may in the meantime live in pleasure, void of all care.
Verse Matthew 24:40. _THEN SHALL TWO_ MEN - _TWO_ WOMEN - _ONE SHALL BE TAKEN,_ _AND THE OTHER LEFT._] The meaning seems to be, that so general should these calamities be, that no _two persons_, wher...
THEN SHALL TWO BE IN THE FIELD ... - The calamity will come suddenly. There will be no escape for those whom it overtakes. ONE SHALL BE TAKEN - The word “taken” may mean either to be taken away from...
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...
MATTHEW 24 F. THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE, AND THE PARABLES OF PAROUSIA (Mark 13*, Luke 21:5 *, Luke 17:23). Mt. follows Mk. fairly closely, but appends other eschatological sayings and illustrative...
"Learn the lesson which comes from the fig tree. Whenever the branch has become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you too see these things, know that he is...
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...
THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, &C. 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:16 refers to this, for it is the same _parousia._ SHALL. is. So in Matthew 24:41. TAKEN. taken to
_shall be taken_ Properly, IS TAKEN or withdrawn. For this present for future of certainty see ch. Matthew 27:63....
Instances like these serve to bring out the reflection that the world's work will be going on then as now; there is also the thought of a real separation in this life beneath an external sameness....
THE COMING OF CHRIST; THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS More briefly reported in Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36...
ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΕΤΑΙ, ‘is taken or withdrawn.’ For this present for future of certainty see ch. Matthew 27:63....
40, 41. Instances like these serve to bring out the reflection that the world’s work will be going on then as now; there is also the thought of a real separation in this life beneath an external samen...
Ver 36. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38. For as in the day...
_THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS MATTHEW 24:34-44_ : Jesus said you can use leaves coming on a fig tree to know that summer is near. He used that illustration to let the people know that the desolation...
ΈΣΟΝΤΑΝ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΕΤΑΝ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G3880) забирать с собой, уводить. _Praes._ изображает будущее как уже происходящее сейчас (Mey...
THEN SHALL TWO BE IN THE FIELD, &C.— Providence will then make a distinction between such as are not at all distinguished now. Some shall be rescued from the destruction of Jerusalem, like Lot out of...
III. CHRIST'S SECOND COMING (24:36-25:46) A. The Date Known but to God (24:36) (Parallel: Mark 13:32) 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but...
B. Stories Illustrating Important Features of the Final End-Times 1. Illustration From Life Before the Flood: Business As Usual (24:37-42) Matthew 24:37 AND AS WERE THE DAYS OF NOAH, SO SHALL BE THE C...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ONE SHALL BE TAKEN] viz. into glory, by the angels. THE OTHER LEFT] viz. for reprobation, or punishment. But if the fall of Jerusalem is meant, the 'taking' means the successful flight from Judæa and...
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...
THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN. — Literally, the present tense being used to express the certainty of the future, _one is taken, and one is left._ The form of the expression is somewhat obscure, and leaves it...
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...
Matthew 24:40-41 graphically illustrate the suddenness of the _Parusia_. εἷς εἷς (Matthew 24:40) instead of εἷς ἑτέρος, o μία μία in Matthew 24:41. Of these idioms Herrmann in _Viger_ (p. 6) remarks:...
_Watch therefore_ (_cf._ Luke 17:26-30; Luke 17:34-36)....
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...
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...
Then of two men, who shall think of nothing less than of going to appear before God, one shall be taken to be placed among the number of the elect, and the other shall be left condemned to eternal fir...
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
"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...
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...
40._Two men shall then be in the field. _Before mentioning this, Luke inserts some sentences; the first of which is presented by Matthew as belonging to the destruction of Jerusalem, _Let not him who...
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...
THEN SHALL TWO BE IN THE FIELD,.... About their proper business, of husbandry, ploughing, or sowing, or any other rural employment: THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN; not by the preaching of the Gospel, into th...
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Ver. 40. _The one shall be taken, the other left_] The Flood took all away in a manner; but at Christ's coming there shall...
_But as the days of Noe were_, &c. As then they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till they were surprised by the flood, notwithstanding the frequent warnings and admonitions...
TAKEN; and saved as a follower of Christ. LEFT; to perish through unbelief and rejection of him....
The time of Judgment Day:...
THEN SHALL TWO BE IN THE FIELD; THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER LEFT....
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...
29-41 Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it i...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:41"....
Matthew 24:40 Then G5119 two G1417 be G2071 (G5704) in G1722 field G68 one G1520 taken G3880 ...
HIS COMING, OF WHICH HE DOES NOT KNOW THE TIME, WILL BE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED (24:37-41). Just as in the days of Noah the coming of the flood was sudden and unexpected, so also will be the coming of...
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:...
“Then will two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.” And in the same way when the Son of Man comes two men will be...
Matthew 24:40. THEN SHALL TWO MEN BE IN THE FIELD. Until that time Christ's people are to be in companionship with the world. ONE IS TAKEN, _i.e.,_ gathered as one of the elect (Matthew 24:31). The o...
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...
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...
TWO MEN WILL BE WORKING. It will be a time when good and bad are separated. See the Parable of the Weeds (Matthew 13:24-30)....
_Two women shall be grinding at the mill._ ROUTINE LIFE The text speaks of an experience which comes to all of us in our turn, as life gradually builds us round. At first, in our childhood, it is oth...
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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:40 TAKEN... LEFT. The description may indicate that one is taken away to final judgment (see v. Matthew 24:39) while the other remai
Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
_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...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 24:1 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END. ...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 Peter 2:7;...
Shall be taken - left. Both verbs are in the present tense, which makes the saying more lively. One is taken and one if left. So Rev....
One is taken — Into God's immediate protection: and one is left — To share the common calamities. Our Lord speaks as having the whole transaction present before his eyes....