The Meaning of Matthew 24:50 Explained

Matthew 24:50

KJV: 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,

YLT: the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

Darby: the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,

ASV: the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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, 

What does Matthew 24:50 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 24:40-51 - Watch And Work
There are many comings of the Son of man before the final one to judgment. We may derive the full benefit of our Lord's words, even though we have arrived at no settled opinion as to the precise order of future events. The hour of our death is as uncertain as that of His coming in the clouds. For each, we should be ready!
Watchfulness is keeping awake! We are beset by temptations to sleep. Bunyan said that we are traveling over the Enchanted Ground, the air of which is very heavy and sleep-producing. How dull we are to perceive the unseen, or to meet the great opportunities of life! Broken up alludes to the mud or clay house which could not keep off the thief. Death breaks in and carries us away from all of our treasures. See 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:4.
We had best wait for our Lord while engaged in carefully discharging our appointed tasks. The Church is a big household in which each has his niche. "To labor is to pray;" to serve is to be ready. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 24

1  Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
3  what and how great calamities shall be before it;
29  the signs of his coming to judgment
36  And because that day and hour are unknown,
42  we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming

What do the individual words in Matthew 24:50 mean?

will come the master the servant of that in a day in which not he does expect and an hour which he is aware
ἥξει κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ οὐ προσδοκᾷ καὶ ὥρᾳ γινώσκει

ἥξει  will  come 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἥκω  
Sense: to have come, have arrived, be present.
κύριος  master 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
δούλου  servant 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: δοῦλοσ1 
Sense: a slave, bondman, man of servile condition.
ἐκείνου  of  that 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ἐκεῖνος  
Sense: he, she it, etc.
ἡμέρᾳ  a  day 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ἡμέρα  
Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night.
  in  which 
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ὅς 
Sense: who, which, what, that.
προσδοκᾷ  he  does  expect 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: προσδοκάω  
Sense: to expect (whether in thought, in hope, or in fear).
ὥρᾳ  an  hour 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ὥρα  
Sense: a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year.
γινώσκει  he  is  aware 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: γινώσκω  
Sense: to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel.

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