Matthew 24:42

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 two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. 43But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into. 44This is why you are also to be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:42 word by word

Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ κύριος ὑμῶν ἔρχεται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Watchγρηγορέωgrēgoreuō · to keep watchG1127
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• ·εἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whatποῖοςpoios · what?G4169
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• doth comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064

Cross-references for Matthew 24:42

• Matthew 25:13“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
• Matthew 26:38He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
• Mark 13:33“Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.
• Luke 12:35“Be ready for service and have your lamps lit.
• Luke 21:36But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• Romans 13:11Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
• 1 Corinthians 16:13Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay awake and be self-controlled.
• 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
• Revelation 3:2Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before my God.
• Revelation 16:15“Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.”
• Matthew 24:36“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows — neither the angels of heaven nor the Son — except the Father alone.

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

Topics related to Matthew 24:42

• Commandments
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Temptation
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

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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