. Notes, explanatory and practical, on the Gospels: designed for Sunday school teachers and Bible classes . yknew not the exact time, until it cameupon them. So, says he, it shall bewhen the Son of man shall come. Theyshall not know the precise time until hecomes, and then they shall be foundengaged in the ordinary business of hfeunconcerned. 40. Then shall tivo be in the field, & calamity shall come shall be no escape for thosewhom it overtakes. If One shall betaken. The word taken may mean,either to be taken away from the dan-ger, i. e., rescued, as Lot was ( 28
. Notes, explanatory and practical, on the Gospels: designed for Sunday school teachers and Bible classes . yknew not the exact time, until it cameupon them. So, says he, it shall bewhen the Son of man shall come. Theyshall not know the precise time until hecomes, and then they shall be foundengaged in the ordinary business of hfeunconcerned. 40. Then shall tivo be in the field, & calamity shall come shall be no escape for thosewhom it overtakes. If One shall betaken. The word taken may mean,either to be taken away from the dan-ger, i. e., rescued, as Lot was ( 28, 29), or to be taken away bydeath. Probably the latter is the mean-ing. 280 MATTHEW. [A. D. 33. the one shall be taken, and theother left. 41 Two women shall he grindingat the mill; the one shall be taken,and the other left. 42 Watch therefore; for yeknow not what hour your Lorddoth come. 43 But know this, that if the good a ,40. 41. Two women, &c. Grinding inthe East yvas performed, as it is now,chiefly by hand. The mill-stones wereabout two feet in diameter, and half a. foot in thickness. The lower one wasfixed, and the upper one was turned bya handle, or crank. This was done bytwo persons, who sat opposite to eachother. One took hold of the mill han-dle, and turned it half way round; theother then seized it, and completed therevolution. This was done by women;by servants of the lowest order; andwas a very laborious employment. SeeEx. xi. 5. Job xxxi. 10. Isa. xlvii. xvi. 21. The meaning of thisverse is similar to the former. Of twopersons sitting near to each other, oneshall be taken, and the other left. Thecalamity would be sudden, and wouldcome upon them before they wereaware. 42. Watch. Be looking for his com-ing. Be expecting it as near; as a greatevent; as coming in an unexpectedmanner. Watch the signs of his com-ing, and be ready. 43. But know this, &c. If a manknew the hour, or about the hour, whena robber would come, he would beready
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