49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
49 and begins to beat his fellow servants
49 abusing the help and throwing drunken parties for his friends -
49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
49 and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 24:49
Commentary on Matthew 24:42-51
(Read Matthew 24:42-51)
To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of mind which we would be willing that our Lord should find us in. We know we have but a little time to live, we cannot know that we have a long time to live; much less do we know the time fixed for the judgment. Our Lord's coming will be happy to those that shall be found ready, but very dreadful to those that are not. If a man, professing to be the servant of Christ, be an unbeliever, covetous, ambitious, or a lover of pleasure, he will be cut off. Those who choose the world for their portion in this life, will have hell for their portion in the other life. May our Lord, when he cometh, pronounce us blessed, and present us to the Father, washed in his blood, purified by his Spirit, and fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.