Mattheüs 24:40

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

Mattheüs 24:40 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:40

Then shall two be in the field
About their proper business, of husbandry, ploughing, or sowing, or any other rural employment: the one shall be taken;
not by the preaching of the Gospel, into the kingdom of God, or Gospel dispensation; though such a distinction God makes, by the ministry of the word, accompanied by his Spirit and power; nor by angels, to meet Christ in the air, and to be introduced into his kingdom and glory; but by the eagles, the Roman army, and either killed or carried captive by them: and the other left;
not in a state of nature and unregeneracy, as many are, to whom the Gospel is preached; nor with devils at the last day, to be thrust down by them into the infernal regions; but by the Romans, being by some remarkable providence, or another, delivered out of their hands; which was the case of some few, and these of the meaner sort; and therefore persons of a rural life and occupation are instanced in.

Mattheüs 24:40 In-Context

38 Want gelijk zij waren in de dagen voor den zondvloed, etende en drinkende, trouwende en ten huwelijk uitgevende, tot den dag toe, in welken Noach in de ark ging;

39 En bekenden het niet, totdat de zondvloed kwam, en hen allen wegnam; alzo zal ook zijn de toekomst van de Zoon des mensen.

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.