Luke 12:38
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
- KJV
- And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
- WEB
- They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
- ASV
- And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find [them] so blessed are those [servants].
- DARBY
- And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
- BLB
- And if he should come in the second, and if in the third watch, and he finds thus, blessed are those.
- ÅB
- Og om han kommer i den annen vakt, og om han kommer i den tredje og finner det så, salige er de.
- OTB
- Det vil være godt for de tjenere hvis herre finner dem klare, enten han kommer i den andre nattevakt, eller til og med i den tredje nattevakt.
- B1930
- Og om han kommer i den annen vakt, og om han kommer i den tredje og finner det så, salige er de.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 5:4–5
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Read in contextMatthew 25:6
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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