Matthew 24:36

Matthew 24:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
• New International Version (NIV)“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

Context of Matthew 24:36

34“I can guarantee this truth: This generation will not disappear until all these things take place. 35The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear. “No one knows when that day or hour will come. Even the angels in heaven and the Son don’t know. Only the Father knows. 37“When the Son of Man comes again, it will be exactly like the days of Noah. 38In the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship.

Matthew 24:36 word by word

Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ μόνος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• dayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• knowethεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• noοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• notοὐδέoude · norG3761
• the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• of heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• butεἰei · if: notG1487
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441

Cross-references for Matthew 24:36

• Matthew 24:42“Therefore, be alert, because you don’t know on what day your Lord will return.
• Matthew 25:13“So stay awake, because you don’t know the day or the hour.
• Zechariah 14:7There will be one day—a day known to the Lord—with no difference between day and night. It will be light even in the evening.
• Mark 13:32“No one knows when that day or hour will come. Even the angels in heaven and the Son don’t know. Only the Father knows.
• Acts 1:7Jesus told them, “You don’t need to know about times or periods that the Father has determined by his own authority.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• 2 Peter 3:10The day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day heaven will pass away with a roaring sound. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and be destroyed. The earth and everything that people have done on it will be exposed.
• Revelation 3:3So remember what you received and heard. Obey, and change the way you think and act. If you’re not alert, I’ll come like a thief. You don’t know when I will come.
• Revelation 16:15“See, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains alert and doesn’t lose his clothes. He will not have to go naked and let others see his shame.”

Commentaries on Matthew 24:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36But of that day and hour - , here, is translated season by many eminent critics, and is used in this sense by both sacred and profane authors. As the day was not known, in which Jerusalem should be invested by the Romans, therefore our Lord advised his disciples to pray that it might not be on a Sabbath; and as the season was not known, therefore they were to pray that it might not be in the winter; Matthew 24:20. See on Mark 13:32; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36But of that day and hour - Of the precise time of the fulfillment. The “general signs” of its approach have been given, as the budding of the fig-tree is a certain indication that summer is near; but “the precise time” is not indicated by these things. One part of their inquiry was Matthew 24:3 when those things should be. He now replies to them by saying that the precise time would not be foretold. Compare the notes at Acts 1:7. Knoweth no man, no, not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-41Verses 29-41 Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at his second coming, a sign…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36That day is the day of judgment. nor the Son: This phrase shows that Jesus did not know the exact time. Acts 1:7 suggests the same idea. Because no one knows the day, Jesus told his followers to stay watchful and faithful (see Matthew 24:37–25:46). This statement should discourage anyone from trying to calculate the exact date when our Lord will return.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 24:36

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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