Matthew 24:49
and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
In Context
48But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
50the lord of that servant will come in a day he will not expect, and in an hour he knoweth not,
Cross References
Romans 16:18For they who are such, do not serve our Lord Jesus Messiah, but their own belly: and by bland speeches and good wishes, they beguile the hearts of the simple.
Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction; whose god is their belly, and their glory their shame; whose thoughts are on things of the earth.
1 Peter 5:3not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them:
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 →