Focused Passage

Mark 13:32-37

Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness

Mark 13 moves from Jesus' prediction of temple destruction, to warnings against deception, persecution, and premature alarm, to gospel witness among all nations, to the abomination and urgent flight from Judea, to tribulation and false christs, to cosmic signs and the coming of the Son of Man, and finally to watchfulness because the exact day and hour are unknown.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

32No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

36Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.

37And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!”

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References and Original Words

Verse 32

Original words

-δὲG1161ConjunctionNo oneοὐδεὶςG3762Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularknowsοἶδενG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularaboutΠερὶG4012PrepositionthatἐκείνηςG1565Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulardayἡμέραςG2250Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularorG2228Conjunction-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularhourὥραςG5610Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularnot evenοὐδὲG3761AdverbtheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralangelsἄγγελοιG32Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionheavenοὐρανῷG3772Noun - Dative Masculine SingularnorοὐδὲG3761ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularSonΥἱόςG5207Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularbut onlyεἰG1487Conjunction. . .μὴG3361AdverbtheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularFatherΠατήρG3962Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 33

Original words

Be on your guardΒλέπετεG991Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural[and] stay alertἀγρυπνεῖτεG69Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralForγὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvοὐκG3756Adverbyou do not knowοἴδατεG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralwhenπότεG4219ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularappointed timeκαιρόςG2540Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill comeἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR Be on your guard, stay alert, and pray!
Verse 34

Original words

[It is] likeὩςG5613Adverba manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Singulargoing on a journeyἀπόδημοςG590Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular[who] leftἀφεὶςG863Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularhouseοἰκίανG3614Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionputδοὺςG1325Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingulareachἑκάστῳG1538Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular-αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralservantδούλοιςG1401Noun - Dative Masculine Plural-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Singularin chargeἐξουσίανG1849Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof his [own]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingulartaskἔργονG2041Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctioninstructedἐνετείλατοG1781Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingulartheτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingulardoorkeeperθυρωρῷG2377Noun - Dative Masculine SingulartoἵναG2443Conjunctionkeep watchγρηγορῇG1127Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 35

Original words

ThereforeοὖνG3767Conjunctionkeep watchγρηγορεῖτεG1127Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralbecauseγὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvοὐκG3756Adverbyou do not knowοἴδατεG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralwhenπότεG4219ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularmasterκύριοςG2962Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularhouseοἰκίαςG3614Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularwill returnἔρχεταιG2064Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularwhetherG2228Conjunctionin the eveningὀψὲG3796Adverb-G2228Conjunctionat midnightμεσονύκτιονG3317Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular-G2228Conjunctionwhen the rooster crowsἀλεκτοροφωνίαςG219Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularorG2228Conjunctionin the morningπρωΐG4404Adverb
Verse 36

Original words

OtherwiseμὴG3361Adverbhe may arriveἐλθὼνG2064Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singularwithout noticeἐξαίφνηςG1810Adverb[and] findεὕρῃG2147Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularyouὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person PluralsleepingκαθεύδονταςG2518Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 37

Original words

AndδὲG1161ConjunctionwhatG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularI sayλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularto youὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralI sayλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularto everyoneπᾶσινG3956Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralKeep watchγρηγορεῖτεG1127Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural

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