Mark 13:33
New International Version
Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.

New Living Translation
And since you don’t know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert!

English Standard Version
Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.

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

Berean Literal Bible
Take heed; watch; for you do not know when the time is.

King James Bible
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

New King James Version
Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.

New American Standard Bible
“Watch out, stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is.

NASB 1995
“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

NASB 1977
“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is.

Legacy Standard Bible
“See to it, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Amplified Bible
“Be on guard and stay constantly alert [and pray]; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Christian Standard Bible
“Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

American Standard Version
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when that time is.”

Contemporary English Version
So watch out and be ready! You don't know when the time will come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is.

English Revised Version
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Be careful! Watch! You don't know the exact time.

Good News Translation
Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come.

International Standard Version
Be careful! Watch out! Because you don't know when the time will come.

Literal Standard Version
Take heed, watch and pray, for you have not known when the time is;

Majority Standard Bible
Be on your guard, stay alert, and pray! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

New American Bible
Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.

NET Bible
Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

New Revised Standard Version
Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come.

New Heart English Bible
Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you do not know when the time is.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Weymouth New Testament
Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.

World English Bible
Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

Young's Literal Translation
Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

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Context
Readiness at Any Hour
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.…

Cross References
Luke 12:40
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect."

Luke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man."

Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,


Treasury of Scripture

Take you heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.

Mark 13:23,35-37
But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things…

Mark 14:37,38
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? …

Matthew 24:42-44
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come…

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Mark 13
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
9. the persecutions for the gospel;
10. that the gospel must be preached to all nations;
14. that great calamities shall happen to the Jews;
24. and the manner of his coming to judgment;
32. the hour whereof being known to none, every man is to watch and pray














(33) Take ye heed.--Note once more the characteristic iteration of the warning. It would almost seem, from the very different conclusions of the discourse in the three Gospels, as if they had been based up to this point on a common document which then stopped and left them to a greater divergency of memory or tradition. The omission of St. Matthew's reference to the history of Noah is, perhaps, characteristic of St. Mark's as a Gentile Gospel.

Verses 33-37. - These exhortations, which gather up in a succinct form the practical bearing of the parallel passages and parables in St. Matthew, must not be understood as implying that our Lord's coming in judgment would be during the lifetime of his disciples. The preceding words would teach them plainly enough that the actual time of this coming was hidden from the. m. But the intention was that, while by the certainty of the event their faith and hope would be quickened, by the uncertainty of the time they might be left in a continual state of watchfulness and prayer. According to the Jewish reckoning, there were only three watches - namely, the first watch, from sunset to 10 p.m.; the second watch, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; and the third watch, from 2 a.m. to sunrise. But after the establishment of the Roman power in Judaea, these watches were divided into four; and were either described as the first, second, third, and fourth respectively; or, as here, by the terms even, beginning at six and ending at nine; midnight, ending at twelve; cockcrowing, ending at three; and morning, ending at six.



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Greek
Be on your guard
Βλέπετε (Blepete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.

[and] stay alert!
ἀγρυπνεῖτε (agrypneite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 69: Ultimately from a and hupnos; to be sleepless, i.e. Keep awake.

For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

you do not know
οἴδατε (oidate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

when
πότε (pote)
Conjunction
Strong's 4219: When, at what time. From the base of pou and te; interrogative adverb, at what time.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

appointed time
καιρός (kairos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2540: Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.

will come.
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


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