Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Therefore be yee also ready: for in such an houre as you thinke not, the sonne of man commeth.
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Matthew 24:44
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. To form or hold a thought. 2. To judge or suppose. 3. To intend. 4. To consider or remember. 5. To imagine or esteem.
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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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24:43But 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.
24:43*But know this, that if the good man of the house had knowen in what watch the thiefe would come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be broken vp.
24:44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
24:44Therefore be yee also ready: for in such an houre as you thinke not, the sonne of man commeth.
Selected passage24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
24:45*Who then is a faithfull and wise seruant, whom his Lord hath made ruler ouer his houshold, to giue them meat in due season?
24:46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
24:46Blessed is that seruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, shall finde so doing.
24:47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
24:47Uerely I say vnto you, that hee shal make him ruler ouer all his goods.
24:48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
24:48But and if that euill seruant shal say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his comming,
24:49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
24:49And shall begin to smite his fellow seruants, and to eate and drinke with the drunken:
24:50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
24:50The Lord of that seruant shall come in a day when hee looketh not for him, and in an houre that hee is not ware of:
24:51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
24:51And shall cut him ‖asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.