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Mark 13:36
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You don't want him showing up unannounced, with you asleep on the job.
Mark 13:36 Meaning and Commentary
Mark 13:36
Lest coming suddenly
Unthought of, and unexpected, at an unawares:
he find you sleeping;
inactive in the exercise of grace, and negligent in the performance of duty; unprepared for his coming, and unfit for service.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Mark 13:36 In-Context
34
It's like a man who takes a trip, leaving home and putting his servants in charge, each assigned a task, and commanding the gatekeeper to stand watch.
35
So, stay at your post, watching. You have no idea when the homeowner is returning, whether evening, midnight, cockcrow, or morning.
36
You don't want him showing up unannounced, with you asleep on the job.
37
I say it to you, and I'm saying it to all: Stay at your post. Keep watch."
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
