Mark 13:36
lest he come suddenly, and find you sleeping.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.
Cross References
Matthew 25:5And while the bridegroom delayed, they all became sleepy and fell asleep.
Mark 14:40And returning he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they knew not what to say to him.
Luke 22:45And he arose from his prayer, and came to his disciples: and he found them sleeping, from 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 →