American Standard Version
Matthew 24:42
42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
Matthew 24:42 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- New International Version (NIV)“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
Context of Matthew 24:42
40Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left: 41two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left. Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ κύριος ὑμῶν ἔρχεται.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 24:42
- Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
- Matthew 26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.
- Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
- Luke 21:36But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
- 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
- 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.)
- Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.
Commentaries on Matthew 24:42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42Watch therefore - Be always on your guard, that you may not be taken unawares, and that you may be properly prepared to meet God in the way either of judgment or mercy, whensoever he may come. This advice the followers of Christ took, and therefore they escaped; the miserable Jews rejected it, and were destroyed. Let us learn wisdom by the things which they suffered.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42Watch - Be looking for his coming. Be expecting it as near; as a great event; as coming in an unexpected manner. Watch the signs of his coming, and be ready.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-51Verses 42-51 To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of mind which we would be willing that our Lord should find us in. We know we have but a little time to live, we cannot know that we have a long time to live; much less do we know the time fixed for the judgment. Our Lord's coming will be happy to those that shall be found ready, but very dreadful to those that are not. If a man, professing to be the servant of Christ, be an unbeliever…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42keep watch: This means to actively and energetically obey the Lord with a single focus (see Matthew 25:13; 26:38–41).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 24
- 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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