Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
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Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
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Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.
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Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Luke 12:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
- Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
- Matthew 24:44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.
- Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
- 2 Peter 3:12-14 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
- Revelation 19:7 Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
- Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
- Mark 13:33-36 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is. “It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
- Luke 21:34-36 “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain None have more need to watch, than they that…
None have more need to watch, than they that have some degree of honor in the household of God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son…
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Ver. 40. Be ye therefore ready] See Mat 24:46; {See Trapp on "Mat 24:46"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then Peter said unto him, Lord,.... The Syriac, Persic,…
Then Peter said unto him, Lord,.... The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "our Lord":
speakest thou this parable: of the master at the wedding, and his servants waiting for him, or of the housekeeper watching that his house be not broken up, or both:
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unto us, or unto all? Peter was in doubt whether the above discourse was peculiarly directed to them, the apostles, as containing special instructions to them in the discharge of the ministerial work; or whether it was designed for all his disciples and followers, both in the present age, and in time to come, to the end of the world.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 40. Be ye therefore ready also] It is…
Verse 40. Be ye therefore ready also] It is pretty evident that what is related here, from verse 35 to 49, Lu 12:35-49 was spoken by our Lord at another time. See Mt 24:42, &c., and the notes there.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 40. Cometh… hour… think not—The language is now literal.…
40. Cometh… hour… think not—The language is now literal. The judgment day lies in the unknown future. It may be to-day; it may be myriads of years hence. We may be mistaken in placing it nearer than it is, or making it more distant. Even our interpretations of those prophecies which seem to us at the present time to indicate that the day is distant, may be wrong; for prophecy is designedly obscure, in accordance with the law that the future must be profoundly hid from mortal knowledge. But, on the other hand, near two thousand years have passed since these warnings of our Lord were given, and those were certainly mistaken who have, during every age from the apostles to the present day, fixed the time as to be in their own generation. On this very subject it is that the apostle warns us that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years. (See 2Pe_3:8.) This night of the master’s absence is to be measured by the chronology of eternity, by the arithmetic of infinity; for it is the eternal and infinite One that speaks. Yet it is plain from many scriptures that when the Lord does come it will be upon an unsuspecting world.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Son of man
Son of man
(See Scofield "Mat 8:20").
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:40 the Son of Man will come: See “The…
12:40 the Son of Man will come: See “The Son of Man” Theme Note.
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