Matthew 24:40

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then shall two be in the fielde, the one receaued, and the other refused.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε δύο ἔσονται ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ· ὁ εἷς παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ ὁ εἷς ἀφίεται.

Transliteration

Then two esontai in the agrō; the one paralambanetai, and the one aphietai.

Grammar Details

• *esontai*: future middle, 3rd person plural - will be
• *agrō*: dative masculine singular - field
• *paralambanetai*: present passive, 3rd person singular - is taken
• *aphietai*: present passive, 3rd person singular - is left

Word Meanings

• *esontai*: will be/shall be
• *agrō*: field/land/countryside
• *paralambanetai*: is taken/received/taken along
• *aphietai*: is left/abandoned/left behind

Referenced Verses

• Luke 17:34-37 : 34 I tell you, in that nyght there shalbe two in one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe forsaken. 35 Two women shalbe gryndyng together: the one shalbe receaued, and the other forsaken. 36 Two men shalbe in the fielde: the one shalbe receaued, & the other forsake. 37 And they aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Where Lorde? He sayde vnto the: Whersoeuer the body shalbe, thyther wyll also the Egles be gathered together.
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 Neither spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eyght person a preacher of ryghteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodly,
• 2 Pet 2:7-9 : 7 And iust Lot, vexed with ye vncleane conuersatio of the wicked, deliuered he. 8 For he beyng ryghteous, & dwellyng among them, in seyng and hearyng, vexed his ryghteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull deedes. 9 The Lorde knoweth howe to delyuer the godly out of temptation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement for to be punished:
• Luke 23:39-43 : 39 And one of the euyll doers whiche were hanged, rayled on hym, saying: If thou be Christe, saue thy self and vs. 40 But the other aunswered, and rebuked hym, saying: Fearest thou not God, seing thou art in the same dampnation? 41 We are righteously punished for we receaue according to our deedes: But this man hath done nothing amisse. 42 And he sayde vnto Iesus: Lorde, remember me, when thou commest into thy kyngdome. 43 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: Ueryly I say vnto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
• 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who seperateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receaued? If thou haue receaued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receaued it?
• 2 Chr 33:12-24 : 12 And when he was in tribulation, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers, 13 And made intercession to him: and God was intreated of him, and hearde his prayer, and brought him againe to Hierusalem into his kingdome: and then Manasse knewe that the Lorde was God. 14 After this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid on the west side of Gion, in the valley, as they came to the fishe gate, and round about Ophel, & brought it vp of a very great heyght, and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cities of Iuda. 15 And he toke away straunge gods and images out of the house of God, and all the aulters that he had buylt in the mount of the house of God and Hierusalem, and cast them out of the citie. 16 And he prepared the aulter of the Lord, and sacrifised thereon peace offeringes and thanke offeringes, and charged Iuda to serue the Lorde God of Israel. 17 Neuerthelesse, the people dyd offer stil in the high places, howbeit vnto the Lorde their God only. 18 The rest of the actes of Manasse, and his prayer vnto his God, & the wordes of the sears that spake to him in the name of the Lorde God of Israel, behold they are written in the sayinges of the kinges of Israel. 19 And his prayer, and howe that he was hearde, and all his sinnes, and his trespasse, and the places where he made high places and set vp groues and images before he was meekened, beholde they are written among the sayinges of the sears. 20 And Manasse slept with his fathers, & they buried him in his owne house, and Amon his sonne raigned in his roome. 21 Amon was two and twentie yeres old when he began to raigne, and raigned two yeres in Hierusalem. 22 But he did euill in the sight of the Lord, like as dyd Manasse his father: for Amon sacrifised to all the carued images whiche Manasse his father had made, and serued them. 23 And submitted not him selfe before the Lorde, as Manasse his father had meekened him selfe: but Amon trespassed greatly. 24 And his owne seruauntes conspired against him, and slue him in his owne house.