44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
44 Be vigilant just like that. You have no idea when the Son of Man is going to show up.
44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
44 You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 24:44
Commentary on Matthew 24:42-51
(Read Matthew 24:42-51)
To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of mind which we would be willing that our Lord should find us in. We know we have but a little time to live, we cannot know that we have a long time to live; much less do we know the time fixed for the judgment. Our Lord's coming will be happy to those that shall be found ready, but very dreadful to those that are not. If a man, professing to be the servant of Christ, be an unbeliever, covetous, ambitious, or a lover of pleasure, he will be cut off. Those who choose the world for their portion in this life, will have hell for their portion in the other life. May our Lord, when he cometh, pronounce us blessed, and present us to the Father, washed in his blood, purified by his Spirit, and fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.