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Luk 21:34. Μήποτε βαρηθῶσιν, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down [“be overcharged”]) βάρος expresses drowsy torpor: Mat 26:43.-ἐν κραιπάλῃ καὶ μέθῃ, with surfeiting and drunkenness) κραιπάλη is the headache and sickness which the previous day’s drunkenness entails.[229]-ΜΕΡΊΜΝΑΙς ΒΙΩΤΙΚΑῖς, the cares of life) in planting, purchasing costly garments, gardens, houses, etc.: ch. Luk 17:27-28 [As in the days of Noah, and those of Lot].-αἰφνίδιος) sudden, unexpected, unforeseen. The same epithet occurs in 1Th 5:3 [“When they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child”]. Refer to this the, for, in Luk 21:35.-ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, upon you) To these are opposed all the rest of the world, who are mere dwellers on the earth [τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς]. The character of the latter is expressed in ch. Luk 17:27-28.-ἘΚΕΊΝΗ, that) the last day. In antithesis to αὕτη, this generation, Luk 21:32. The universality of its visitation is in consonance with this view. See Luk 21:35.
[229] Latin crapula, Th. ἁρπ-ἁζω, carpo, rapio; which would form ἁρπάλη, ῥαπάλη and so κραιπάλη.-E. and T.