Matthew 24:42 (WEB)
Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
Fathers and councils · 18
Irenaeus of Lyons
““Watch ye therefore, for ye know not in what day your Lord shall come.” [In these passages] He declares one and the same Lord, who in the times of Noah brought the deluge because of man’s disobedience, and who also in the days of…” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 42.
Read the whole comment“For when men sleep, the enemy sows the material of tares; and for this cause did the Lord command His disciples to be on the watch.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 42, Matt. xxv. 13; Mark xiii. 33.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.5Discourse III
“He knows not as Man, argued from Matt. xxiv. 42.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment “And for this very reason there is also a word of the Saviour to prepare us for that day, in these words: “Be ye ready and watch, for He cometh at an hour ye know not.”” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxiv. 42; Marc. xiii. 35.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For he saith, Watch, for in such an hour as ye expect not the Son of Man cometh.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 42, 44; Ib. v. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter LXXVII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives of the Discourse Which He Delivered on the Mount of Olives, When the Disciples Asked When the Consummation Should Happen.…
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John Chrysostom
“Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 40–42. [The citation agrees with the received text, except in the omission of the articles in verse 40. R.V., “is taken,” “ is left,” in verses 40,…
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Clement of Alexandria
“The Saviour Himself enjoins, “Watch;” as much as to say, “Study how to live, and endeavour to separate the soul from the body.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 42, etc.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Having declared that “of that hour knoweth no man, but the Father only,” He shews that it was not expedient for the Apostles to know, that being ignorant they might live in perpetual expectation of His coming, and…
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He would have them ever ready, and therefore He says, “Watch.”
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
To watch is to keep the eyes open, and looking out for the true light, to do and to observe that which one believes, to cast away the darkness of sloth and negligence.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
Those of more plain understanding say, that He spoke this of His second coming; but others would say that it applies to an intellectual coming of the word into the understanding of the disciples, for as yet He was…
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He said this “Watch,” not to those only who heard Him speak at the time, but to those who came after them, and to us, and to all who shall be after us, until His second coming, for it touches all in a manner. That…
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Foolish are all they, who either profess to know the day of the end of the world, when it is to come, or even the end of their own life, which no one can know unless be is illuminated by the Holy Spirit.
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And by the instance of the master of the household, He teaches more plainly why He keeps secret the day of the consummation.
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“The master of the household” is the understanding, “the house” is the soul, “the thief” is the Devil. The thief is also every contrary doctrine which enters the soul of the unwary by other than the natural entrance,…
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Or, the thief breaks into the house through the neglect of the master of the house, when the spirit has slept upon its post of guard, and death has come in unawares into the dwelling house of our flesh, and finding…
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In this He rebukes such as have less care for their souls, than they have of guarding their money against an expected thief.
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Cross-references · 15
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Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §54.
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Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §54.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.
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Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.