Matthew 24:40 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 24:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

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

Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. The taken-and-left image: two in the same field, two at the same mill — one taken, one left. The parallel images communicate the individual character of the judgment within the universality of the event: neighbors, colleagues, family members will be separated by the coming.

Church Fathers on Matthew 24:40

The Lord having described all the tokens that shall precede His coming, and brought His discourse to the very doors, yet would not name the day; 'Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the Angels Of heaven, but my Father only.'
Chrysostom · 4th century

In some Latin copies is added here, 'neither the Son:' but in the Greek copies, and particularly those of Adamantius and Pierius, it is not found. [ed. note: The addition is found in a very few Greek MSS., and ancient versions, in Chrys . and Theophylact. It is in the Old Italic version, and is acknowledged by Hilary , Ambrose , and Pseudo-Chrys .; but the preponderance of evidence is greatly against it, and it is not admitted into the text of the G. T. by any editors. It…
Jerome · 4th century

And has indeed God the Father denied the knowledge of that day to the Son, when He has declared, 'All things are committed to me of my Father?' [Luke 10:22] but if any thing has been denied, all things are not committed to Him.
Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century

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