MATTHEW 24:50 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,”
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. The master's coming on the unexpected day and unknown hour is the Olivet Discourse's central warning applied directly to the wicked servant: the very assumption that the master is delayed is the assumption that will be disproven by the master's unexpected return.
Church Fathers on Matthew 24:50
Though the Lord had given above a general exhortation to all in common to unwearied vigilance, yet He adds a special charge to the rulers of the people, that is, the Bishops, of watchfulness in looking for His coming. Such He calls a faithful servant, and wise master of the household, careful for the needs and interests of the people entrusted to Him.
That He says, 'Whom think ye is that faithful and wise servant,' does not imply ignorance, for even the Father we find asking a question, as that, 'Adam, where art thou?' [Gen 3:9]
Nor yet does it imply the impossibility of attaining perfect virtue, but only the difficulty.
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