Mark 13:37

What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.”

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WEBBE

What I tell you, I tell all: Watch!”

BSB

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

KJV

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

ASV

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

BBE

And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

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ὃ ho What [thing] G3739 δὲ de now G1161 ὑμῖν humin to you G4771 λέγω legō I say G3004 πᾶσιν pasin to all G3956 λέγω legō I say G3004 γρηγορεῖτε.¶ grēgoreite do watch G1127

The early church

(Epist. 199, 3) For He not only speaks to those in whose hearing He then spake, but even to all who came after them, before our time, and even to us, and to all after us, even to His last coming. But shall that day find all living, or will any man say that He speaks also to the dead, when He says, Watch, lest when he cometh he find you sleeping? Why then does He say to all, what only belongs to those who shall then be alive, if it be not that it belongs to all, as I have said? For that day comes to each man when his day comes for departing from this life such as he is to be, when judged in that day, and for this reason every Christian ought to watch, lest the Advent of the Lord find him unprepared; but that day shall find him unprepared, whom the last day of his life shall find unprepared.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Now all these ages must look out for the end; for even a child must be watched, lest he die unbaptized.

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

He thus concludes His discourse, that the last should hear from those who come first this precept which is common to all; wherefore He adds, But what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 day and that hour knoweth no man. Christ, as God, could not be ignorant of anything; but the Divine wisdom which dwelt in our Saviour, communicated itself to his human soul according to the Divine pleasure. As to both, our duty is to watch and pray. Our Lord Jesus, when he ascended on high, left something for all his servants to do. We ought to be always upon our watch, in expectation of his return. This applies to Christ's coming to us at our death, as well as to the general judgment. We know not whether our Master will come in the days of youth, or middle age, or old age; but, as soon as we are born, we begin to die, and therefore we must expect death. Our great care must be, that, whenever our Lord comes, he may not find us secure, indulging in ease and sloth, mindless of our work and duty. He says to all, Watch, that you may be found in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.