Mark 13:36

Mark 13:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
• New International Version (NIV)If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.
• English Standard Version (ESV)lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.

Context of Mark 13:36

34It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return – whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn – or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly. 37What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

Mark 13:36 word by word

μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lestμήmē · notG3361
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• suddenlyἐξαίφνηςexaiphnēs · suddenlyG1810
• he findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• youσύsu · youG4771
• sleepingκαθεύδωkatheudō · to sleepG2518

Cross-references for Mark 13:36

• Mark 14:37Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?
• Proverbs 6:9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
• Proverbs 24:33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
• Isaiah 56:10All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
• Matthew 24:48But if that evil slave should say to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
• Matthew 25:5When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
• Luke 21:34“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Luke 22:45When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.
• Romans 13:11And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
• Ephesians 5:14For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

Commentaries on Mark 13:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36He find you sleeping - A porter asleep exposes the house to be robbed, and well deserves punishment. No wonder that the man is constantly suffering loss who is frequently off his guard. Our Lord shows us in this parable: That himself, ascended to heaven, is the man gone from home. That believers collectively are his family. That his servants are those who are employed in the work of faith and labor of love. That the porter represents the ministers of his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Find you sleeping - Inattentive to your post, neglecting your duty, and unprepared for his coming.Read the comment
• 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. 3636. Lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping--See on Lu 12:35-40; Lu 12:42-46.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 13:36

• Commandments
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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