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Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)
Matthew 24:42
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Watch: Matthew 25:13, Matthew 26:38-41, Mark 13:33-37, Luke 12:35-40, Luke 21:36, Romans 13:11, 1 Corinthians 16:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 1 Peter 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 3:2, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 16:15
for: Matthew 24:36, Matthew 24:44, Mark 13:33
Reciprocal: Matthew 16:28 - see Matthew 24:50 - come Matthew 26:41 - Watch Mark 13:35 - General Mark 14:38 - Watch Luke 12:36 - men Luke 12:40 - General 1 Thessalonians 5:2 - the day 2 Peter 3:10 - as a
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Watch therefore,.... 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 Lord's 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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Watch - Be looking for his coming. Be expecting it as near; as a great event; as coming in an unexpected manner. Watch the signs of his coming, and be ready.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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.
