Mark 13:36
Lest, coming suddenly, he find you, sleeping.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37But, what, unto you, I say, unto all, I say:—Be watching.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1[SHE] Upon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul,—I sought him, but found him not.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,—Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
Matthew 25:5Now, the bridegroom, delaying, they all became drowsy, and were sleeping.
Mark 14:40And, again, coming, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were being, weighed down,—and they knew not what to answer him.
Luke 22:45And, arising from prayer, he came unto his disciples, and found them falling asleep by reason of their grief;
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 →