Verse Lens · Context pointer
Matthew 24:41 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 41. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
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Role in This Section
Pictures two women grinding with one taken and one left.
Read It With
- Matthew 24:36–24:44
Read Matthew 24:41 with 24:36–24:44. In isolation, this verse's contribution—pictures two women grinding with one taken and one left—can be detached from its speaker, audience, narrative or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus says no one knows the day and hour, compares Noah's days and an unexpected separation in ordinary work, and pictures a householder awake against a thief.
Read Matthew 24:36–44 together
Why these verses belong together: Unknown timing, Noah's ordinary days, paired workers, and the householder jointly ground watchfulness and reject calculation.
Verse 36. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Verse 37. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Verse 38. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Verse 39. 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Verse 40. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Verse 41. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Verse 42. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Verse 43. 43 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.
Verse 44. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Continue in Context
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Read Matthew 24:36–24:44 — Unknown timing requires ordinary watchfulnessSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 24:36–24:44, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 24:36–24:44
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