Mattheüs 24:42

42 Waakt dan; want gij weet niet, in welke ure uw Heere komen zal.

Mattheüs 24:42 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:42

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.

Mattheüs 24:42 In-Context

40 Alsdan zullen er twee op den akker zijn, de een zal aangenomen, en de ander zal verlaten worden.

41 Er zullen twee vrouwen malen in den molen, de ene zal aangenomen, en de andere zal verlaten worden.

42 Waakt dan; want gij weet niet, in welke ure uw Heere komen zal.

43 Maar weet dit, dat zo de heer des huizes geweten had, in welke nachtwake de dief komen zou, hij zou gewaakt hebben, en zou zijn huis niet hebben laten doorgraven.

44 Daarom, zijt ook gij bereid; want in welke ure gij het niet meent, zal de Zoon des mensen komen.