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The Unknown Hour-- Even though Christ assures the disciples that all these things He has prophesied will take place and that His word will not pass away, He tells them that the hour in which these things will occur is unknown to all except God: 'But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only'. The word 'hour' is from the Greek 'hora' and means, primarily, any period of time. In the context of verse 36 it probably does not mean a particular hour but, rather, the 'Day of the Lord'. Matthew Henry writes: (143:2) But as to that day and hour which will put a period of time, that knoweth no man, v. 36 . . There is a certain day and hour fixed for the judgment to come; it is called the day of the Lord.(Matthew Henry's Commentary, vol. V, 361 ) (143:3) Jesus states that not even the angels of heaven know the hour, only God. In Mark it is written, 'not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father' (Mark 13:32).
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