Mark 13:36
lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
Literal Standard Version
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 6:9Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed by night, I sought him whom my soul has loved; I sought him, and I did not find him!
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind—all of them, || They have not known, || All of them [are] mute dogs, they are not able to bark, || Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Matthew 25:5And the bridegroom lingering, they all nodded and were sleeping,
Mark 14:40and having returned, He found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer Him.
Luke 22:45And having risen up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the 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 →