And this know, that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken through.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Some have imagined that the devil, our implacable enemy, is designated by the thief, and our souls by the house, and man by the householder: yet this interpretation does not agree with what follows; for the coming of our Lord is compared to the thief, as if surprising us on a sudden. This latter opinion, therefore, seems to be the more probable one. (Theophylactus)
