The Greek verb alēthō means to grind grain — the daily labor of women at the millstone. It appears in Matthew 24:41 and Luke 17:35 in the context of the sudden coming of the Son of Man.
"Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left" (Matthew 24:41). Jesus uses the most mundane domestic activity — women grinding grain at the millstone — to illustrate the radical divisiveness of His return. The same moment that brings salvation for one brings judgment for another. The coming of the Lord separates: not by class or status, but by spiritual readiness. Daily labor is not an escape from eschatological urgency; it is its backdrop.