It's not the same word:
Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took (G142) them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken (G3880), and the other left.
Yeah, but I left off the other half of my study coz I thought you and I had
already covered this in past posts (unless you don't remember it):
[quoting from that old post]
Consider (alongside my points
re: Matt24:38-39's use of the word
"G142"):
"took [/take; G142]" (as used in the following) -
--
Revelation 18:21 - "And one mighty angel
took up [G142] a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: 'Thus Babylon will be cast down with violence, the great city, and shall never be found any longer."
--
1 Corinthians 5:2 - "And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed
might be taken away [G142] from among you."
--
Acts 8:33 [2x] (Isa53:8) - "In his humiliation his judgment
was taken away [G142]: and who shall declare his generation? for his life
is taken [G142] from the earth."
--
John 11:48 - "If we shall let Him alone like this, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and
will take away [G142] both our place and nation."
So, as I see it, it depends on "who" is doing the "taking" and "to what end / for what purpose" (whether a "positive" or a "negative" kind of thing)
[end quoting old post]
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[by "to
positive or
negative ends," I mean things like being saved/rescued from a situation versus being taken to a judgment kind of thing; ... of course you and I know that the negative things that happened to Jesus were purposed by God and to ultimate good ends--I trust you grasp we all accept this--however, the individuals stated to have "took / taken" Jesus, were not taking Him for "CHUMMY" purposes, as some suggest
this G3880 word only ever conveys... it doesn't,
only]