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1Th 5:2. Ὡς κλέπτης, as a thief) 2Pe 3:10. A usual expression with the apostles, agreeing with the parable of the Lord, Mat 24:43.-ἐν νυκτὶ, in the night) Refer those words to a thief, just now mentioned [not, the day of the Lord cometh in the night; but, as a thief cometh in the night]. The night is there, where there is unconcern and quiet; comp. however, Mat 25:6.[25]-οὕτως) so, as we shall describe in the following verse. Comp. so after[26] for, Mat 1:18, [“The birth of Christ was so; for when His mother Mary was espoused,” etc.: οὕτως ἦν. μνηστευθείσης γὰρ, etc.]-ἔρχεται, comes) The present expressing a sudden event with great emphasis. So 1Th 5:3, Sudden destruction cometh; comp. Luk 21:34.
[25] “At midnight there was a cry made, Behold the Bridegroom cometh;” which seems to imply that it shall not be merely in a figurative, but in a literal sense, that the Lord shall come in the night.-ED.
[26] Here, however, γὰρ, for, is thought to be better omitted by the margin of both Ed. The Germ. Vers., for the sake of connection, puts nemlich.-E. B.
AGfg, Iren. 329, Cypr. 326, and Syr. Version, omit γὰρ, and so Tisch. Lachm. reads δὲ, with BD(Δ), Memph. and later Syr. Rec. Text reads γὰρ. with Vulg.-ED.