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Selected Verse: Mark 13:33 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 13:33 |
King James |
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Watch (ἀγρυπνεῖτε)
The word is derived from ἀγρεύω, do hunt, and ὕπνος, sleep. The picture is of one in pursuit of sleep, and therefore wakeful, restless. Wyc.'s rendering of the whole passage is striking: See! wake ye and pray ye! |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mat 24:42; Luk 21:34. |
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.