Matthew 24:43

But know this, That if the master of the house had known at what watch the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken open.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

In Context

42Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.

44For this reason, be you also ready; for at an hour in which you think not, the Son of man comes.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:44For this reason, be you also ready; for at an hour in which you think not, the Son of man comes.

1 Thessalonians 5:2for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51

Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →

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