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Mat_24:42. Moral inference from Mat_24:36-41. Comp. Mat_25:13.
The following ὅτι κ . τ . λ . (because ye, etc.) is an emphatic epexegesis of οὖν . This exhortation is likewise based on the assumption that the second advent is to take place in the lifetime of the disciples, who are called upon to wait for it in an attitude of spiritual watchfulness (1Co_16:13; 1Co_16:22). The idea of watchfulness, the opposite of security, coincides with that implied in the constant ἑτοιμασία τοῦ εὐαγγελίου (Eph_6:15). Comp. Mat_24:44.
ποίᾳ ] at what (an early or a late). Comp. Mat_24:43; Rev_3:3; 1Pe_1:11; Eur. Iph. A. 815; Aesch. Ag. 278.