Matthew 24:41
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| Overview - Matthew 24 | |
| 1 | Christ foretells the destruction of the temple; |
| 3 | what and how great calamities shall be before it; |
| 29 | the signs of his coming to judgment. |
| 36 | And because that day and hour are unknown, |
| 42 | we ought to watch like good servants, expecting every moment our Master's coming. |
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Matthew 24:41 (King James Version)
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Two
- The [mulon
] was a hand-mill composed of two stones; "the uppermost of which is turned round by a small handle of wood or iron that is placed in the rim. When this stone is large, or expedition required, a second person is called to assist; and as it is usual for women alone to be concerned in this employment, who seat themselves over against each other with the millstone between then, we may see not only the propriety of the expression, Exodus 11:5, ,"but the force of this - --Dr. Shaw.
- grinding
- Exodus 11:5 ; Isaiah 47:2