33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. …
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-37)We have here the application of this prophetical sermon; now learn to look forward in a right manner. I. “As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly ; as when the branch of the fig-tree becomes soft , and the leaves sprout forth , ye expect that summer will come shortly, Mark 13:28. When second causes begin to work, ye expect their effects in their proper order and time. So…
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