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I stand at the door (hestēka epi tēn thuran). Perfect active of histēmi (intransitive). Picture of the Lord’s advent as in Mat 24:33; Jam 5:9, but true also of the individual response to Christ’s call (Luk 12:36) as shown in Holman Hunt’s great picture. Some see a use also of So Jam 5:2.
If any man hear - and open (ean tis akousēi kai anoixēi). Condition of third class with ean and first aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive of akouō and anoigō. See Joh 10:3; Joh 18:37. See the picture reversed (Swete) in Luk 13:25; Mat 25:10.
I will come in to him (eiseleusomai). Future middle of eiserchomai. See Mar 15:43; Act 11:3 for eiserchomai pros, to go into a man’s house. Cf. Joh 14:23.
Will sup (deipnēsō). Future active of deipneō, old verb, from deipnon (supper), as in Luk 17:8. Fellowship in the Messianic kingdom (Luk 22:30; Mar 14:25; Mat 26:29). Purely metaphorical, as is plain from 1Co 6:13.