Matthew 24:41 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ”

Matthew 24:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 on...
Matthew 24:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(x) Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (x) The Greek women and the barbarians ground and baked.
Matthew 24:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

women. Grinding was and is woman's work in the East, and is done in the morning. at . in. Greek. en . App-104. the mill. Greek. mulon. Occurs only here.
Matthew 24:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then shall two be in the field, &c.— Providence will then make a distinction between such as are not at all distinguished now. Some shall be rescued from the destruction of Jerusalem, like Lot...
Matthew 24:41 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best a...
Matthew 24:41 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the World Foretold 1. Jesus went out] RV 'Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way, and his disciples,' etc. The buildings ] The magni...
Matthew 24:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Two women shall be grinding at the mill. — The words bring before us the picture of the lowest form of female labour, in which one woman holds the lower stone of the small hand-mill of the East, wh...
Matthew 24:41 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1-51 & Matthew 25:1-46 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge...
Matthew 24:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Watch and Work Matthew 24:40-51 There are many comings of the Son of man before the final one to judgment. We may derive the full benefit of our Lord's words, even though we have arrived at no...
Matthew 24:41 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing from the city, the disciples drew their Master's attention to the stones of the Temple, and He told them that this glorious building would be demolished so that no single stone would be left...
Matthew 24:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until t...
Matthew 24:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Two women shall be grinding at the mill ,.... Though the word women is not in the Greek text, yet it is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is in the Persic version; for the word rendered gri...
Matthew 24:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Ver. 41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ] A poor trade, a hard task. God would have every man in hi...
Matthew 24:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But as the days of Noe were , &c. As then they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till they were surprised by the flood, notwithstanding the frequent warnings and admonit...
Matthew 24:41 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the...
Matthew 24:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the f...
Matthew 24:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 40,41. Some refer this to the coming of Christ in his kingdom of grace; some: to his coming in the day of judgment: it is true of both those comings. God shows the freeness of his grace much in...
Matthew 24:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Words After Leaving The Temple About The Destruction Of The Temple And About His Second Coming (24:1-51). a Introduction in which Jesus declares that the Temple will be utterly destroyed ( Matthe...
Matthew 24:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Matthew 24:36-51 The uncertainty of the end.—We ought to know the season, we cannot know the moment, of the “appearing” of Christ. So the Saviour teaches us he...
Matthew 24:41 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 24:1 . The buildings of the temple. Herod had gradually rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the secon...
Matthew 24:41 - The Biblical Illustrator

Two women shall be grinding at the mill. Routine life The text speaks of an experience which comes to all of us in our turn, as life gradually builds us round. At first, in our childhood, it is...
Matthew 24:41 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 24:1-40 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM , AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END . ( Mark 13:1-41 ; Luke 21:5-42 .) There is no reason to think,...
Matthew 24:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The time of Judgment Day:
Matthew 24:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 11:5 ; Isaiah 47:2
Matthew 24:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Two women shall be grinding — Which was then a common employment of women.

Matthew 24:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 24:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 24:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 24:41 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 24:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 24:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 24:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 24:41 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 24:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 24:41 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 24:41 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 24:41 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 24:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 24:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 24:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes