46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-51)We have here the practical application of the foregoing prediction; in general, we must expect and prepare for the events here foretold. I. We must expect them; “ Now learn a parable of the fig-tree , Matt. 24:32 , 33 . Now learn what use to make of the things you have heard; so observe and understand the signs of the times, and compare them with the predictions of the word, as from thence to fore…
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