Lest coming suddenly,.... Unthought of, and unexpected, at an unawares:
he find you sleeping; inactive in the exercise of grace, and negligent in the performance of duty; unprepared for his coming, and unfit for service.
Verse Mark 13:36. _HE 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 h...
FIND YOU SLEEPING - Inattentive to your post, neglecting your duty, and unprepared for his coming....
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. (Mark 13:1 .Matthew 24:1; Luke 21:5)_ 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Mark 13:3 .
THE ESCHATOLOGIEAL DISCOURSE. The first two verses contain our Lord's prediction of the fall of Jerusalem. To the Jews, such an anticipation would seem blasphemous (_cf._ Acts 6:14). The discourse tha...
Jesus said, "Learn the lesson the fig-tree offers you. As soon as its branches become tender, and it puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So must you too know, when you see these thing...
THE THINGS TO COME (Mark 13:1-37) Mark 13:1-37 is one of the most difficult Chapter s in the New Testament for a modern reader to understand. That is because it is one of the most Jewish Chapter s in...
SLEEPING. composing yourselves for sleep (voluntarily). Greek. _katheudo._ See notes on 1 Thessalonians 4:14, and 1 Thessalonians 5:6. Not _koimaomai =_ to fall asleep involuntarily (as in death). See...
_lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping_ "During the night the -captain of the Temple" made his rounds. On his approach the guards had to rise and salute him in a particular manner. Any guard found...
ΜῊ ἘΛΘΏΝ. Cf. Luke 12:37-38; 1 Thessalonians 5:6. ἘΞΑΊΦΝΗΣ. If the suddenness causes disaster, the fault lies with those who have not watched. They were warned beforehand that the Coming might be sud...
33–37. THE NECESSITY FOR WATCHFULNESS Matthew 25:13-15; Luke 21:36...
Ver 32. "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 33. Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is. 34....
_ BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR MARK 13:32-37:_ There is an obvious change that takes place here. "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but...
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064), _temp._ или _conj. part. Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, ΕΞΑΊΦΝΗΣ (G1810) вдруг, ΕΎΡΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить. _Conj._ в...
DISCOURSE: 1454 THE DUTY OF WATCHFULNESS ENFORCED Mark 13:32. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch...
12. THE COMMAND TO WATCH 13:24-37 _TEXT 13:24-37_ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall be falling from heav...
_SUMMARY 13:1-37_ In this section Mark sets forth his Master as a prophet. At the time that his narrative was composed, some of the predictions recorded in the section had already been fulfilled, but...
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. LEST, COMING SUDDENLY, HE FIND YOU SLEEPING. See the notes at Luke 12:35; ....
23 See 2Pe_3:17. 24-27 Compare Mat_24:29-31; Luk_21:25-27; Rev_6:12-17. Sixth Seal. 26 See Dan_7:13-14; 2Th_1:7-10; Rev_1:7. 28-32 Compare Mat_24:32-36; Luk_21:29-31. 28 The fig tree is political I...
GREAT PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND OF THE END OF THE WORLD 1-37. Christ's great prophecy (Matthew 24:1; Luke 21:5). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 13 JESUS DESCRIBES FUTURE TROUBLES VERSES 1-2 The temple (*God’s Great House) was...
LEST COMING SUDDENLY HE FIND YOU SLEEPING. — As before we traced a kind of echo of the parable of the Talents, so here we recognise something like a fragmentary reminiscence of that of the Wise and Fo...
(32-37) BUT OF THAT DAY AND THAT HOUR. — See Notes on Matthew 24:36. NEITHER THE SON. — The addition to St. Matthew’s report is every way remarkable. It indicates the self-imposed limitation of the di...
ἐξαίφνης, suddenly, here in Luke 2:13, and four times in Acts. καθεύδοντας : this applies to all the servants, not merely to the porter; therefore all must watch as well as work. In the case of a mast...
_Concluding exhortation_ (Matthew 24:36)....
“WATCH!” Mark 13:14-37 _The fall of Jerusalem,_ Mark 13:14-23. This abomination had been predicted by Daniel, Daniel 9:27, Josephus says that the Romans brought their standards into the Temple, and...
A casual remark from the lips of one of the disciples drew from Jesus words full of solemnity and full of hope. This stately building was to be destroyed. 1t- was already destroyed in the eyes of Chri...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
(33) Take ye heed, watch and pray for ye know not when the time is. (34) _For the Son of man is_ as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_THE MASTER’S COMING_ ‘Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly He find you sle...
In chapter 13 the Lord takes up much more the service of the apostles in the circumstances that would surround them, than the development of the dispensations and the ways of God with respect to the k...
_Take ye heed_ Of every thing that would unfit you for your Master's coming, that might lull you into a fatal security, and render you negligent and slothful: _watch and pray_ Let your minds be always...
SLEEPING; unprepared to meet him....
LEST, COMING SUDDENLY, HE FIND YOU SLEEPING....
The time of the last day:...
TITLE: Jesus is coming TEXT: Mark 13:32-37 PROPOSITION: We must avoid speculation about the second coming. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Events READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Jesus is coming again. John...
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 d...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 13:35...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth " Having spoken these words, he said to me, "Let us go, and after two days let us come and clean these stones, and cast them into the building; for all things aroun...
Mark 13:36 lest G3361 coming G2064 (G5631) suddenly G1810 find G2147 (G5632) you G5209 sleeping G2518 ...
“Take heed, watch and pray. For you do not know when the time is. It is as when a man, temporarily living in another country, having left his house and given authority to his servants, to each one his...
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTERING OF HISTORY: PRELIMINARY TROUBLES - THE GOOD NEWS PROCLAIMED AMONG ALL NATIONS - THE COMING DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM - THE COMING...
THE DISCIPLES ARE TO WATCH FOR HIS COMING (13:28-37). Jesus now stressed the inevitability of ‘these things' that He has described as needing to happen before His return, and that they must thus obse...
THIS discourse is recorded by three Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). All the accounts correspond remarkably; that of Matthew is the fullest. See on Matthew 24. Mark introduces a few thoughts not...
Mark 13:33-37. Here the three accounts, though preserving the same general tone, differ in details. Matthew (Matthew 24:37-41) refers to the days of Noah, as illustrating the suddenness of the Lord's...
Mark 13:36. COMING SUDDENLY (as He will come) HE FIND YOU SLEEPING (which was a neglect of His express command). The special duty of the Apostles, as representing the ministry, is doubtless referred t...
Mark 13:35 What does the word Watchfulness mean, as used in the Holy Scriptures? It means, being on the look-out, living in expectation of Jesus Christ, doing His work, attending to His charge, occupy...
CONTENTS: The course of the present age its culmination in the great tribulation and the Second coming of Christ. Parable of the fig tree. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Daniel, Peter, James, J...
Mark 13:2. _There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down._ When the Chaldeans burned the temple, that part called Solomon's porch escaped demolition; this favour howev...
_And to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch._ CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS I. A certain event referred to. That He should go away was necessary. 1. It was impossible that His state of h...
_Watch ye, therefore._ WATCHFULNESS, A PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST I. What we are to understand by the coming of the master of the house. By “the master of the house” here is meant Christ, a...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 13:33 This parable about A MAN GOING ON A JOURNEY is similar to the parable of the wicked tenants (Mark 12:1). The sudden return of the...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 13:4 WHEN WILL THESE THINGS BE, AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN? Jesus’ answer deals primarily with the second part of the question, but he also addresses the timing of the coming events....
Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
CHAPTER 13 1 _Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple_. 9 _the persecutions for the gospel_ : 10 _that the gospel must be preached to all nations_ : 14 _that great calamities shall happen to...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 13:35. WATCH YE.—_Be ye wakeful_.—A military image. Don’t be caught napping at your post. Same word in Mark 13:37. AT EVEN, ETC.—The Roman divisions of the night....
EXPOSITION MARK 13:1 AND AS HE WENT FORTH OUT OF THE TEMPLE, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES SAITH UNTO HIM MASTER, BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER, OF STONES AND WHAT MANNER OF BUILDINGS! This would be in the evening. Ac...
Mark's gospel chapter 13. And as he [Jesus] went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! (Mark 13:1) Referring to the gr...
1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:7; Ephesians 5:14; Isaiah 56:10;...