Luke 12:38

And if in the second or the third watch he shall come and find them thus, blessed will be those servants.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

In Context

37Blessed those servants who, when their lord shall come, shall be found watching. Amen I tell you, He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will come over and serve them.

39But this know, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have permitted his house to be dug through.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:6And in the dividing of the night there was the cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go forth to his meeting.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41

Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →

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