King James Version
Matthew 24:44 in the King James Version says “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”
Matthew 24:44 · KJV
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“be”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“as ye think”
G1380compare the base of g1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
“the Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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