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The thief (ho kleptēs). The change here almost makes a new parable to illustrate the other, the parable of the housebreaking (Luk 12:39, Luk 12:40) to illustrate the parable of the waiting servants (Luk 12:35). This same language appears in Mat 24:43. “The Master returning from a wedding is replaced by a thief whose study it is to come to the house he means to plunder at an unexpected time” (Bruce). The parallel in Mat 24:43-51 with Luk 12:39-46 does not have the interruption by Peter.
He would have watched (egrēgorēsen an). Apodosis of second-class condition, determined as unfulfilled, made plain by use of an with aorist indicative which is not repeated with ouk aphēken (first aorist active indicative of aphiēmi, k aorist), though it is sometimes repeated (Mat 24:43).