Matthew 24:40 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 24:40

Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

BSB

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ASV

Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:

KJV

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 40, 41.) Then there will be two in the field: one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken, and one will be left. Then, He said, there will be two in the field, when, at the time of the consummation and judgment, two will be found in the field having the same labor and almost the same sowing, but not receiving the fruits of labor equally. Two women grinding together will also be there: one will be taken, and one will be left.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Then shall two men - two women - one shall be taken, and the other left - The meaning seems to be, that so general should these calamities be, that no two persons, wheresoever found, or about whatsoever employed, should be both able to effect their escape; and that captivity and the sword should have a complete triumph over this unhappy people. Two women shall be grinding - Women alone are still employed in grinding the corn in the east; and it is only when despatch is required, or the uppermost millstone is heavy, that a second woman is added.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

There are verses in this passage which are often much misapplied. “The coming of the Son of Man” is frequently spoken of as being the same thing as death; the texts which describe the uncertainty of his coming are used in epitaphs, and thought suitable to the tomb. But there is no solid ground for such an application of this passage. Death is one thing, and the coming of the Son of Man is quite another. The subject of these verses is not death, but the second advent of Jesus Christ. Let us remember this.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ἔσονται	esontai	will be	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ἀγρῷ·	agrō	field;	G68 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
παραλαμβάνεται	paralambanetai	is taken	G3880 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
ἀφίεται.	aphietai	is left.	G863 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 2:5
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:6
  through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
- Hebrews 11:7
  By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…
- Jude 1:14–15
  Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Luke 17:26–27
  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Matthew 24:37–39
  As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew