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one will be taken and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Two <i>women</i> will be grinding at the mill: one is taken, and one is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Two <i>women shall be</i> grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Two <i>women will be</i> grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Two <i>women</i> will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Two women <i>will be</i> grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Two women <i>will be</i> grinding <i>grain</i> at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Two women <i>will be</i> grinding at the mill; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Two women will be working at a mill. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Two women will be at a mill grinding meal: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding grain at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Two will be grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />two [women] will be grinding in the mill: one is received, and one is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Two <i>women</i> will be grinding at the mill: one is taken, and one is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Two grinding in the mill; one shall be taken, and one let go.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Two women shall be grinding at the mill: one shall be taken, and one shall be left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at a millstone: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the handmill, one will be taken and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/24.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken captive and one will be left.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/24.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and the other left.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/24.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/24.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Two women grinding at the mill; the one taken, the other dismissed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/24.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/24.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>two women will <i>be</i> grinding at the mill, one is carried off, and one is left behind.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/24.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>and two <Fr><i>women</i><FR> grinding at the mill, one taken and one left.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/24-41.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=7382" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/24.htm">Readiness at Any Hour</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">40</span>Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. <span class="reftext">41</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1417.htm" title="1417: dyo (Adj-NFP) -- Two. A primary numeral; two.">Two women</a> <a href="/greek/229.htm" title="229: alēthousai (V-PPA-NFP) -- To grind. From the same as aleuron; to grind.">will be grinding</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">at</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3458.htm" title="3458: mylō (N-DMS) -- A millstone, mill. Probably ultimately from the base of molis; a mill, i.e., a grinder.">mill:</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: mia (Adj-NFS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">one</a> <a href="/greek/3880.htm" title="3880: paralambanetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.">will be taken</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: mia (Adj-NFS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">the other</a> <a href="/greek/863.htm" title="863: aphietai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.">left.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">42</span>Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-34.htm">Luke 17:34-35</a></span><br />I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left. / Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Matthew 13:30</a></span><br />Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm">Matthew 13:49</a></span><br />So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-32.htm">Matthew 25:32</a></span><br />All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-10.htm">Matthew 25:10</a></span><br />But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-13.htm">Matthew 25:13</a></span><br />Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a></span><br />For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51-52</a></span><br />Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— / in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-14.htm">Revelation 14:14-16</a></span><br />And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. / Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-12.htm">Revelation 22:12</a></span><br />“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Genesis 7:23</a></span><br />And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">Genesis 19:15-17</a></span><br />At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.” / But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them. / As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29-30</a></span><br />Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. / During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">Isaiah 24:13</a></span><br />So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.</p><p class="hdg">Two.</p><p class="hdg">grinding.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Exodus 11:5</a></b></br> And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that <i>is</i> behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/47-2.htm">Isaiah 47:2</a></b></br> Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/matthew/17-20.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/matthew/22-13.htm">Grinding</a> <a href="/matthew/22-44.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Mill</a> <a href="/matthew/24-40.htm">Received</a> <a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/3-9.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/matthew/25-24.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/matthew/24-51.htm">Grinding</a> <a href="/matthew/25-33.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/luke/17-35.htm">Mill</a> <a href="/matthew/25-16.htm">Received</a> <a href="/matthew/27-55.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-1.htm">Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-3.htm">what and how great calamities shall be before it;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">the signs of his coming to judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-36.htm">And because that day and hour are unknown,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-42.htm">we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Two women will be grinding at the mill:</b><br>In ancient times, grinding grain was a common daily task, often performed by women. This activity involved using a hand mill, which consisted of two stones. The upper stone was rotated over the lower one to crush the grain. This setting reflects the everyday life of the people during Jesus' time, emphasizing the normalcy and routine nature of the scene. The mention of two women highlights the communal aspect of work, as tasks were often shared. This imagery is consistent with other biblical references to grinding, such as in <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Exodus 11:5</a>, where the firstborn of the maidservant behind the mill is mentioned, indicating the widespread nature of this task across different social classes.<p><b>one will be taken and the other left.</b><br>This phrase is often interpreted in the context of eschatological events, referring to the sudden and selective nature of divine intervention. The idea of one being taken and the other left suggests a separation based on divine judgment or selection, reminiscent of the parable of the wheat and the tares (<a href="/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24-30</a>), where a separation occurs at the harvest. The concept of being "taken" can be linked to the idea of being gathered to Christ, as seen in <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-17.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:17</a>, where believers are caught up to meet the Lord. Conversely, being "left" may imply remaining for judgment or tribulation, aligning with the themes of readiness and vigilance found throughout <a href="/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24</a>. This dichotomy underscores the unpredictability and impartiality of God's judgment, urging believers to remain watchful and prepared.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/two_women.htm">Two Women</a></b><br>Represents individuals engaged in daily activities, symbolizing the normalcy of life when the event occurs.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/grinding_at_the_mill.htm">Grinding at the Mill</a></b><br>A common daily task in ancient times, indicating routine life and work.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/one_taken,_one_left.htm">One Taken, One Left</a></b><br>Illustrates the sudden and selective nature of the event, often interpreted as the rapture or a form of divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_readiness.htm">The Importance of Readiness</a></b><br>Believers should live in a state of spiritual preparedness, as the timing of Christ's return is unknown.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_divine_selection.htm">The Nature of Divine Selection</a></b><br>God's judgment and selection are based on His divine wisdom and knowledge of the heart, not on external appearances or actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/daily_life_and_spiritual_vigilance.htm">Daily Life and Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>Engage in daily tasks with an awareness of spiritual realities, ensuring that routine does not lead to spiritual complacency.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_individual_responsibility.htm">Community and Individual Responsibility</a></b><br>While we live in community, our spiritual readiness is an individual responsibility. Each person must ensure their own relationship with God is secure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_the_gospel.htm">The Urgency of the Gospel</a></b><br>The suddenness of the event underscores the urgency of sharing the Gospel and living out one's faith authentically.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'one_taken'_fit_with_other_end_times.htm">How does the 'one taken, one left' description (Luke 17:34-35) reconcile with other New Testament passages depicting the end times differently?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/were_women_told_about_jesus'_body.htm">Were the women informed about Jesus' body's fate? Yes, by a young man/angels (Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4; Matthew 28:7). No, Mary found the tomb empty and was confused (John 20:2).</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_mary_recognize_jesus.htm">Why does Mary Magdalene initially fail to recognize Jesus (John 20:14-15), and how do differing Gospel accounts explain or contradict this moment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_paul's_resurrection_account_differ.htm">Why does Paul's version of Jesus' resurrection appearances differ from the Gospels?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(41) <span class= "bld">Two women shall be grinding at the mill.</span>--The words bring before us the picture of the lowest form of female labour, in which one woman holds the lower stone of the small hand-mill of the East, while another turns the upper stone and grinds the corn. In <a href="/judges/16-21.htm" title="But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.">Judges 16:21</a>, and <a href="/lamentations/5-13.htm" title="They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.">Lamentations 5:13</a>, the employment appears as the crowning degradation of male captives taken in battle. It is probable that in this case, as in that of the fig-tree, the illustration may have been suggested by what was present to our Lord's view at the time. The Mount of Olives might well have presented to His gaze, even as He spoke, the two labourers in the field, the two women at the mill.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 41.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Two women shall be grinding at</span> (<span class="greek">ἐν</span>) <span class="cmt_word">the mill.</span> In the absence of mills turned by wind or water, which were of much later invention, every household had its own little handmill, worked by women of the family or by slaves (<a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Exodus 11:5</a>; <a href="/judges/16-21.htm">Judges 16:21</a>; <a href="/isaiah/47-2.htm">Isaiah 47:2</a>). "Two stones, about eighteen inches or two feet across, rest one on the other, the under one slightly higher towards the centre, and the upper one hollowed out to fit this convexity; a hole through it, in the middle, receiving the grain. Sometimes the under stone is bedded m cement, raised into a border round it, to catch and retain the flour, or meal, as it falls. A stick fastened into the upper one served as a handle. Occasionally two women sit at the same pair of stones, to lighten the task, one hand only being needed where two work together, whereas a single person has to use both hands" (Geikie, 'Holy Land and Bible,' p. 155). "Two women were busy in a cottage at the household mill, which attracted me by its sound To grind is very exhausting work, so that, where possible, one woman sits opposite the other, to divide the strain, though in a poor man's house the wife has to do this drudgery unaided" (ibid., p. 661). St. Luke (Luke 17:34) adds a third situation to the cases mentioned by our Lord, viz. "two men in one bed," or on one dining couch. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/24-41.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Two [women]</span><br /><span class="grk">δύο</span> <span class="translit">(dyo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1417.htm">Strong's 1417: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be grinding</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀλήθουσαι</span> <span class="translit">(alēthousai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_229.htm">Strong's 229: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grind. From the same as aleuron; to grind.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῷ</span> <span class="translit">(tō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mill:</span><br /><span class="grk">μύλῳ</span> <span class="translit">(mylō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3458.htm">Strong's 3458: </a> </span><span class="str2">A millstone, mill. Probably ultimately from the base of molis; a 'mill', i.e., a grinder.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one</span><br /><span class="grk">μία</span> <span class="translit">(mia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> </span><span class="str2">One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be taken</span><br /><span class="grk">παραλαμβάνεται</span> <span class="translit">(paralambanetai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3880.htm">Strong's 3880: </a> </span><span class="str2">From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the other]</span><br /><span class="grk">μία</span> <span class="translit">(mia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> </span><span class="str2">One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">left.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀφίεται</span> <span class="translit">(aphietai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_863.htm">Strong's 863: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/matthew/24-41.htm">Matthew 24:41 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/matthew/24-41.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 24:41 Two women grinding at the mill one (Matt. 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