1 Thessalonians 5:2

Contextual Overview

¹Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ¹ Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ¹ Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. ¹Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need of anything to be written to you. ¹ Now amigos, I know you're wondering when this is all gonna happen. ¹ But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you. ¹ But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to, ¹ About the times and the seasons: Brothers, you do not need anything to be written to you. ¹ But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. ¹ But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write to you.

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know: Jeremiah 23:20

the day: Matthew 24:42-44, Matthew 25:13, Mark 13:34, Mark 13:35, Luke 12:39, Luke 12:40, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 16:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:29 - at midnight Exodus 22:2 - breaking Joshua 8:3 - by night Joshua 11:7 - suddenly Judges 7:19 - in the beginning Judges 16:30 - and the house 1 Samuel 26:7 - sleeping 1 Kings 1:42 - a valiant 1 Kings 22:27 - until I come in peace 2 Kings 19:35 - that night 2 Chronicles 18:26 - until I return Nehemiah 4:11 - They shall not Job 24:14 - in the night Job 34:20 - a moment Job 34:25 - in the Job 36:20 - cut Psalms 64:7 - suddenly Proverbs 6:9 - when Proverbs 22:3 - prudent Proverbs 23:34 - thou Isaiah 2:12 - the day Isaiah 13:6 - for the day Isaiah 37:36 - and when Jeremiah 5:12 - neither Ezekiel 12:28 - There shall Ezekiel 13:5 - the day Ezekiel 30:9 - careless Daniel 4:4 - was Daniel 4:33 - same Daniel 5:5 - the same Joel 2:1 - for the Amos 4:12 - prepare Nahum 1:10 - while they be Zechariah 14:7 - which Matthew 24:36 - General Matthew 24:43 - had Matthew 24:50 - come Mark 13:32 - of Luke 17:24 - in Luke 21:34 - that day Acts 1:7 - It Acts 2:20 - great 1 Corinthians 4:5 - until Philippians 4:5 - The

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:27
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:27
So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27
And God made of nouyt a man to his ymage and liknesse; God made of nouyt a man, to the ymage of God; God made of nouyt hem, male and female.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image of God created hee him; male and female created hee them.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For yourselves know perfectly,.... With great exactness and accuracy, with great clearness and perspicuity, as a certain truth, which was made plain and evident to them, and about which there could be no question; and which perfect knowledge they had, either from the words of Christ, Matthew 24:42, or from the ministration of the apostle and his fellow labourers, when among them:

that the day of the Lord; of the Lord Jesus, when he will show himself to be King of kings, and Lord of lords, and the Judge of the whole earth; and which is sometimes styled the day of the Son of man, and the day of God, for Christ will appear then most gloriously, both in his divine and human nature; the day of redemption, that is, of the body from the grave, and from corruption and mortality; and the last day in which will be the resurrection of the dead, and the day of judgment, in which Christ will come to judge the quick and dead: and which

so cometh as a thief in the night; at an unawares, and the Lord himself in that day will so come, Revelation 3:3 respect is had not to the character of the thief, nor to the end of his coming; but to the manner of it, in the dark, indiscernibly, suddenly, and when not thought of and looked for; and such will be the coming of Christ, it will be sudden, and unknown before hand, and when least thought of and expected: and since the Thessalonians knew this full well, it was needless for the apostle to write about the time and season of it; which they were sensible of, could no more be known and fixed, than the coming of a thief into anyone of their houses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For yourselves know perfectly - That is, they had been fully taught this. There could be no doubt in their minds respecting it.

The day of the Lord so cometh - Of the Lord Jesus - for so the word “Lord” in the New Testament commonly means; see the notes, Acts 1:24. The “day of the Lord” means that day in which he will be manifested, or in which he will be the prominent object in view of the assembled universe.

As a thief in the night - Suddenly and unexpectedly, as a robber breaks into a dwelling. A thief comes without giving any warning, or any indications of his approach. He not only gives none, but he is careful that none shall be given. It is a point with him that, if possible, the man whose house he is about to rob shall have no means of ascertaining his approach until he comes suddenly upon him; compare Matthew 24:37-43 notes; Luke 12:39-40 notes. In this way the Lord Jesus will return to judgment; and this proves that all the attempts to determine the day, the year, or the century when he will come, must be fallacious. He intends that his coming to this world shall be sudden and unexpected, “like that of a thief in the night;” that there shall be no such indications of his approach that it shall not be sudden and unexpected; and that no warning of it shall be given so that people may know the time of his appearing. If this be not the point of the comparison in expressions like this, what is it? Is there anything else in which his coming will resemble that of a thief? And if this be the true point of comparison, how can it be true that people can ascertain when that is to occur? Assuredly, if they can, his coming will not be like that of a thief; comp. notes on Acts 1:7.