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all other eschatological uses (eleven out of thirteen) are found on the lips of Jesus, with seven uses in the Synoptics and three in Revelation (Rev 3:2, 3; 16:15). This is strong evidence that Paul borrowed the term from the Lord.47 Ten of the thirteen eschatological uses show up in connection with the thief imagery. In the remaining three eschatological uses, where Matthew’s Olivet Discourse has the unexpected thief, Mark’s parallel account (Mark 13:33–37) employs the illustration of a homeowner
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