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Selected Verse: Matthew 24:41 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 24:41 |
King James |
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Two women ... - Grinding in the East was performed, as it is now, chiefly by hand. The millstones were about 2 feet in diameter and 12 foot in thickness. The lower one was fixed, and the upper one was turned by a handle or crank. This was done by two persons, who sat opposite to each other. One took hold of the mill-handle and turned it half-way round; the other then seized it and completed the revolution. This was done by women - by servants of the lowest order - and was a very laborious employment. See Exo 11:5; Job 31:10; Isa 47:2; Jdg 16:21. The meaning of this verse is similar to the former. Of two persons sitting near each other, one shall be taken and the other. left. The calamity would be sudden, and would come upon them before they were aware. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The mill (τῷ μύλῳ)
The ordinary hand-mill with a handle fixed near the edge of the upper stone, which is turned by two women. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Two women shall be grinding - Which was then a common employment of women. |
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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.