Matthew 24:50
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,
KJV
ἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει,
Greek NT
veniet dominus servi illius in die qua non sperat, et hora qua ignorat :
Vulgate
the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
ASV
The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not and at an hour that he knoweth not:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσδοκάω
prosdokao
verb · 16×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἥκω
eko
verb · 26×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And ye indeed say that you know even His substance, but that the Son not even the day, the Son, who is always in the bosom of the Father; and yet His substance is much greater than the days, even infinitely greater. How then, while assigning to yourselves the greater things, do you not allow even the less to the Son, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.…
Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
- Eccl 8:7 — For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
- Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- Rev 3:3 — Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th