Mat 24:43-51 | RWP | e4.org | In what watch ( ποια φυλακη ). As in (four watches of the night). Broken through ( διορυχθηνα ). Digged through the tile roof or under the floor (dirt in the poorer houses).

‏ Matthew 24:43-51

In what watch ( ποια φυλακη ). As in 14:25 (four watches of the night).

Broken through ( διορυχθηνα ). Digged through the tile roof or under the floor (dirt in the poorer houses).

That ye think not ( η ου δοκειτε ωρα ). It is useless to set the day and hour for Christ's coming. It is folly to neglect it. This figure of the thief will be used also by Paul concerning the unexpectedness of Christ's second coming (1Th 5:2). See also Mt 24:50 for the unexpectedness of the coming with punishment for the evil servant.

My lord tarrieth ( χρονιζε μου ο κυριος ). That is the temptation and to give way to indulge in fleshly appetites or to pride of superior intellect. Within a generation scoffers will be asking where is the promise of the coming of Christ (2Pe 3:4). They will forget that God's clock is not like our clock and that a day with the Lord may be a thousand years or a thousand years as one day (2Pe 3:8).