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But 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. (Matthew 24:43)

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The thief.

Paul (1 Thess. 5:2) and John (Rev. 3:3) also use the illustration of a thief in connection with the second coming of Jesus.

In what watch.

The Romans divided the night into four “watches,” a system of reckoning adopted also by the Jews. See p. 50; see on ch. 14:25.

The goodman.

Gr. oikodespotēs, “master of the house” (see on ch. 21:33).