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Selected Verse: Matthew 24:40 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 24:40 |
King James |
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then shall two be in the field ... - The calamity will come suddenly. There will be no escape for those whom it overtakes.
One shall be taken - The word "taken" may mean either to be taken away from the danger - that is, rescued, as Lot was Luk 17:28-29, or to be taken away "by death." Probably the latter is the meaning. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Shall be taken - left
Both verbs are in the present tense, which makes the saying more lively. One is taken and one is left. So Rev. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| One is taken - Into God's immediate protection: and one is left - To share the common calamities. Our Lord speaks as having the whole transaction present before his eyes. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. See Wakefield, and Harmer, Obs. vol. i. 253. That they were formerly thus employed, see Exo 11:5, and the note there. See also Isa 47:2. |
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.