Mark 13:36
Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not. In my bed by night, etc... The Gentiles as in the dark, and seeking in heathen delusion what they could not find, the true God, until Christ revealed his doctrine to them by his watchmen, (ver. 3,) that is, by the apostles, and teachers by whom they were converted to the true faith; and holding that faith firmly, the spouse (the Catholic Church) declares, ver. 4, That she will not let him go, till she bring him into her mother's house, etc., that is, till at last, the Jews also shall find him.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
Matthew 25:5And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.
Mark 14:40And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him.
Luke 22:45And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.
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 →