SEV Biblia, Chapter 24:42
Velad pues, porque no sabis a qu hora ha de venir vuestro Seor.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:42
Verse 42. Watch therefore] Be always on your guard, that you may not be taken unawares, and that you may be properly prepared to meet God in the way either of judgment or mercy, whensoever he may come. This advice the followers of Christ took, and therefore they escaped; the miserable Jews rejected it, and were destroyed. Let us learn wisdom by the things which they suffered.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 42. Watch therefore , etc.] Since the time of this desolation is so uncertain, and since it will come upon the Jews unawares, and some wilt escape, whilst others perish; for the words are plainly an inference from what precedes, and clearly relate to things going before, and are not a transition to a new subject: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come ; to avenge himself of the unbelieving Jews, and fulfil what he in person, and by his apostles, had predicted and warned them of: though I will not deny, but that what follows may be much better accommodated and applied to the second coming of Christ, and the last judgment, and the behaviour of men with regard to both, than anything said before; and it may be our Lords intention, to lead his disciples gradually, and as it were imperceptibly, to the last scene of things on earth, to make way for the parables and description of the future judgment, in the next chapter; still keeping in view, and having reference to, the subject he had been so long upon.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 42-51 - To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of mind whic 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 have a long time to live; much less do we know the time fixed for the judgment. Our Lord' coming will be happy to those that shall be found ready, but very dreadful to those that are not. If a man, professing to be the servan of Christ, be an unbeliever, covetous, ambitious, or a lover of pleasure, he will be cut off. Those who choose the world for their portion in this life, will have hell for their portion in the othe life. May our Lord, when he cometh, pronounce us blessed, and presen us to the Father, washed in his blood, purified by his Spirit, and fi to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
γρηγορειτε 1127 5720 V-PAM-2P ουν 3767 CONJ οτι 3754 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N οιδατε 1492 5758 V-RAI-2P ποια 4169 I-DSF ωρα 5610 N-DSF ο 3588 T-NSM κυριος 2962 N-NSM υμων 5216 P-2GP ερχεται 2064 5736 V-PNI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
42. What hour. Later texts, however, read hJmera, day. poia hJmera, in what kind of day, whether a near or a remote one. Similarly ver. xliii. ejn poia fulakh, in what kind of a watch, whether a night or a morning watch.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
24:42 {Watch therefore} (gregwreite oun). A late present imperative from the second perfect egregora from egeirw. Keep awake, be on the watch "therefore" because of the uncertainty of the time of the second coming. Jesus gives a half dozen parables to enforce the point of this exhortation (the Porter, the Master of the House, the Faithful Servant and the Evil Servants, the Ten Virgins, the Talents, the Sheep and the Goats). Matthew does not give the Parable of the Porter (#Mr 13:35-37).
