Mark 13:36
Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37And that I say vnto you, I say vnto all, watche.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe?
Isaiah 56:10For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.
Matthew 25:5Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept.
Mark 14:40And he returned, and founde them a slepe agayne. For their eyes were heauie: neither wist they what to aunswere hym.
Luke 22:45And when he rose vp from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he founde the slepyng for heauynesse,
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 →