American Standard Version
Mark 13:33
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark 13:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- New International Version (NIV)Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
Context of Mark 13:33
31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch. 35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
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Cross-references for Mark 13:33
- Mark 13:23But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
- Mark 14:37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?
- Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
- Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
- Matthew 26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Luke 12:40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
- Romans 13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
- Ephesians 6:18with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
- Hebrews 12:15looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;
- 1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- Revelation 3:2Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.
- Revelation 16:15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
Commentaries on Mark 13:33
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-37Verses 28-37 We have the application of this prophetic sermon. As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly. As to the end of the world, do not inquire when it will come, for of that day and that hour knoweth no man. Christ, as God, could not be ignorant of anything; but the Divine wisdom which dwelt in our Saviour, communicated itself to his human soul according to the Divine pleasure. As to both, our duty is to watch and pray. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-37These verses repeat a basic warning: Be on your guard and stay alert! … Keep watch! The repetition shows that they needed to stay alert (be watchful and ready).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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