Mark 13:36
lest when he come suddenly, he find you sleeping.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37Forsooth that that I say to you, I say to all, Wake ye, (or Be on watch, or Stay awake).
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9How long shalt thou, slow man, sleep? (or How long shalt thou, O lazy one, sleep?) when shalt thou rise from thy sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1In my little bed, I sought him by nights, whom my soul loveth; I sought him, and I found not. (In my little bed, night after night, I sought him, whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I could not find him.)
Isaiah 56:10All the beholders thereof be blind, all they knew not; (they be) dumb dogs, that be not able to bark; seeing vain things, sleeping, and loving dreams; (All of its beholders be blind, all of them did not know; they be dumb dogs, that be not able to bark; seeing empty and futile things, sleeping, and loving dreams;)
Matthew 25:5And whiles the husband tarried, all they napped and slept [or all napped and slept].
Mark 14:40and he turned again (or and he returned), and again found them sleeping; for their eyes were heavied. And they knew not, what they should answer to him.
Luke 22:45And when he was risen from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for heaviness.
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 →