Matthew 24:50
Matthew 24:50 Meaning and Explanation
“The 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,”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Matthew 24:50 Mean?
Jesus declares the outcome: the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. The very delay the servant counted on becomes his undoing.
The unexpected return, a comfort to the faithful, is a warning to the careless. The servant who presumed on time is overtaken by it. Jesus drives home that the hidden hour cuts both ways: it blesses the watchful and exposes the negligent. No one escapes the reckoning by assuming it will never come; the wise instead live always ready.
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What does Matthew 24:50 mean?
The master will come on a day and hour the wicked servant does not expect.