Mark 13:36
34 For 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.
35 Watch 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:
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.
- KJV
- Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
- WEB
- lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping.
- ASV
- lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
- DARBY
- lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
- BLB
- lest, having come suddenly, he should find you⁺ sleeping.
- ÅB
- for at han ikke skal finne dere sovende, når han kommer uforvarende.
- OTB
- Hvis han kommer plutselig, må han ikke finne dere sovende.
- B1930
- forat han ikke skal finne eder sovende, når han kommer uforvarende.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 5:6–7
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Read in contextMatthew 24:48–51
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Read in contextLuke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Read in contextRomans 13:11–14
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Read in contextMark 14:40
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
Read in contextMatthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Read in contextProverbs 24:33–34
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Read in contextMark 14:37
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
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