Matthew 24:40
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
KJV
τότε ἔσονται δύο ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, εἷς παραλαμβάνεται καὶ εἷς ἀφίεται·
Greek NT
Tunc duo erunt in agro : unus assumetur, et unus relinquetur.
Vulgate
Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
ASV
Then two shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one shall be left.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: δύο ἔσονται | Treg/NIV/RP: δύο ἔσονται | WH: ἔσονται δύο
- δύο ἔσονται — SBLGNT
- δύο ἔσονται — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἔσονται δύο — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἷς | WH/Treg/NIV: εἷς | RP: ὁ εἷς
- εἷς — SBLGNT
- εἷς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁ εἷς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἷς | WH/Treg/NIV: εἷς | RP: ὁ εἷς
- εἷς — SBLGNT
- εἷς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁ εἷς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- 2Pet 2:7 — And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
- Acts 9:7 — And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
- Luke 17:34 — I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
- Luke 17:34 — I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.