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Mark 13:33-37 KJV
Mark · chapter 13 · verses 33–37
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.Mark 13:33-37 · King James Version
Mark 13:33-37 in context
31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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Key words (Strong's)
- cockcrowingalektorophōniathe crowing of a cock or rooster, cock-crowing, used of the third watch of the nightG219 →
- authorityexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- commandedentellōto order, command to be done, enjoinG1781 →
- servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- midnightmesonyktionmidnightG3317 →
- suddenlyexaiphnēsof a sudden, suddenly, unexpectedlyG1810 →
- journeyapodēmosaway from one s people, go abroadG590 →
- porterthyrōrosa doorkeeper, porter, a male or female janitorG2377 →
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We have here the application of this prophetical sermon; now learn to look forward in a right manner. I. "As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly; as when the branch of the fig-tree becomes soft, and the leaves sprout forth, ye expect that summer will come shortly, Mar 13:28.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-37