Mark 13:36

Mark 13:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest coming suddenly he 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning.

Context of Mark 13:36

34It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. 35“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ ”

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 returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?
• Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
• Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.
• Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
• Matthew 25:5The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
• Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
• Luke 22:45When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
• Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
• Ephesians 5:14This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake 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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• Jesus Continued
• Temptation
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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