35 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men
who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes
and knocks they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those
servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say
to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will
come and serve them. 38 And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third
watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 But know this, that if the
master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have
watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 40 Therefore you also be ready, for
the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Commentary
Vs. 35-36 35 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.
Having told us all to lay up our treasures in heaven. The Lord Jesus now tells us that we are to be His servants down here. Servants who have their waits girded and whose lamps are burning. Now the girding of one’s waists is basically trying up ones long outer garment and is what one would do when they were working in a field, or in vineyard, or herding livestock etc. It basically allows one to move more easily, and or keep their garment from getting soiled. It was what one did when they were about to go and work. Similarly, Jesus also says we are to have our lamps burning, referring to the oil lamps that people used to illuminate the night, something that one’s diligent and dutiful servant would be doing as he anticipated his maters return home from a wedding (vs. 36). Thus, in Jesus exhortation we too are to be both working for Him while watching for His return, as He says in verse thirty-six, and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. Jesus exhortation then to be ready and watching for His return is a warning that He gives to us all (Matt. 24:36-44, vs. 42, 44; 25:1-13; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36 etc.).
Vs. 37-38 “Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. 38 And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.”
Jesus now says that just as those servants in His parable are blessed because they were ready and watching for their master’s return, so too will it be with everyone who likewise prepares themselves and lives in anticipation of His return. For then our Master finding us so doing will come and have us sit down and He will serve us (vs. 37)! Now the second watch refers to the hours of 9:00pm to midnight and the third watch refers to midnight to 3:00 am, thus these servants were ready and watching whether day or night, so that that Day would not come upon them unexpectantly! Therefore, Jesus again calls these servants blessed, because their lives and time was not squandered on the temporary, but was used in His Service and they were prepared for His return.
Vs. 39-40 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 40 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
In verse thirty-nine Jesus now uses the analogy of a master of a house who if he had known what hour the thief was to arrive, he would’ve watched over his house at that hour. Jesus’ point is that just as the master of the house could not have known when the thief was going arrive, so too we do not know when He is going to arrive! Therefore, we must always be ready and watching for His return, because there will be no second chances when He returns, only great joys (for those watch and waited) and great sorrows for those who did not. “Therefore, you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
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Commentary
Vs. 35-36 35 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.
Having told us all to lay up our treasures in heaven. The Lord Jesus now tells us that we are to be His servants down here. Servants who have their waits girded and whose lamps are burning. Now the girding of one’s waists is basically trying up ones long outer garment and is what one would do when they were working in a field, or in vineyard, or herding livestock etc. It basically allows one to move more easily, and or keep their garment from getting soiled. It was what one did when they were about to go and work. Similarly, Jesus also says we are to have our lamps burning, referring to the oil lamps that people used to illuminate the night, something that one’s diligent and dutiful servant would be doing as he anticipated his maters return home from a wedding (vs. 36). Thus, in Jesus exhortation we too are to be both working for Him while watching for His return, as He says in verse thirty-six, and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. Jesus exhortation then to be ready and watching for His return is a warning that He gives to us all (Matt. 24:36-44, vs. 42, 44; 25:1-13; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36 etc.).
Vs. 37-38 “Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. 38 And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.”
Jesus now says that just as those servants in His parable are blessed because they were ready and watching for their master’s return, so too will it be with everyone who likewise prepares themselves and lives in anticipation of His return. For then our Master finding us so doing will come and have us sit down and He will serve us (vs. 37)! Now the second watch refers to the hours of 9:00pm to midnight and the third watch refers to midnight to 3:00 am, thus these servants were ready and watching whether day or night, so that that Day would not come upon them unexpectantly! Therefore, Jesus again calls these servants blessed, because their lives and time was not squandered on the temporary, but was used in His Service and they were prepared for His return.
Vs. 39-40 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 40 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
In verse thirty-nine Jesus now uses the analogy of a master of a house who if he had known what hour the thief was to arrive, he would’ve watched over his house at that hour. Jesus’ point is that just as the master of the house could not have known when the thief was going arrive, so too we do not know when He is going to arrive! Therefore, we must always be ready and watching for His return, because there will be no second chances when He returns, only great joys (for those watch and waited) and great sorrows for those who did not. “Therefore, you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
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New King James Version (1982): Thomas Nelson
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