Mark 13:36
lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37But what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
Matthew 25:5Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
Mark 14:40And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him.
Luke 22:45And rising up from his prayer, coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.
Matthew Henry on Mark 13:29-37
Watchfulness Inculcated. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →