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 Living Translation (NLT)Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning.

Context of Mark 13:36

34It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37And what I say to you, I say to all: 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 came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?
• Proverbs 6:9How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?
• Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;
• Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’
• Matthew 25:5But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
• Luke 21:34“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
• Luke 22:45When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.
• Romans 13:11And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
• Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be 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
• Earth
• 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