Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 24].
watches of the night). {Broken through} (\dioruchth•nai\). Digged
through the tile roof or under the floor (dirt in the poorer
houses).
24:44 {That ye think not} (\h•i ou dokeite h•r•i\). 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.
24:48 {My lord tarrieth} (\chronizei mou ho kurios\). 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).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Matthew: Chapter 24)