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 Living Translation (NLT)“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

Context of Matthew 24:42

40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44Therefore you also be ready, for 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“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
• Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
• Mark 13:33Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
• Luke 12:35“Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
• Luke 21:36Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• 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.
• 1 Corinthians 16:13Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
• 1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
• Revelation 3:2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.
• Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
• Matthew 24:36“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

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

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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