Mark 13:36
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
King James Version
In Context
37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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 25:5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Mark 14:40And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
Luke 22:45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
Matthew Henry on Mark 13:29-37
Watchfulness Inculcated. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →