Mark 13 · Verse 33

Mark 13:33

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark 13:33, King James Version

Mark 13:33 in other translations

BSBBe on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
WEBWatch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.
ASVTake ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
YLTTake heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;
DARBYTake heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is:
BBETake care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
WebsterTake ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

What does Mark 13:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
33. Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 33.

(u) "Take ye heed" Mt 24:42, 25:13, Lk 12:40, 21:34, Rom 13:11,12 1Thes 5:6, Rev 16:15

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 13:28-37

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…

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Mark 13:33 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

Βλέπετε,Blepetedo take heed,G991
ἀγρυπνεῖτεagrupneitedo watchG69
καὶkaiandG2532
προσεύχεσθε·proseuchesthedo pray;G4336
οὐκouknotG3756
οἴδατεoidateyou know
γὰρgarforG1063
πότεpotewhenG4219
ὁhotheG3588
καιρόςkairostimeG2540
ἐστιν.estinis.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 13:33

  • Romans 13:11-12

    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. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

  • Luke 12:40

    Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

  • Ephesians 6:18

    Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  • Revelation 16:15

    Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

  • Matthew 25:13

    Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

  • 1 Peter 4:7

    But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

  • Luke 21:34-36

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  • Revelation 3:2

    Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

  • Matthew 24:42-44

    Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Mark 13:23

    But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

  • Matthew 26:40-41

    And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23,35-37; 14:37,38; Mt 24:42-44; 25:13; 26:40,41; Lu 12:40; 21:34-36
Ro 13:11,12,14; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:18; 1Th 5:5-8; Heb 12:15
1Pe 4:7; 5:8; Re 3:2; 16:15

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Context

  • Mark 13:32

    But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

  • Mark 13:33

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

  • Mark 13:34

    For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

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Mark 13:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mirad, velad y orad: porque no sabéis cuándo será el tiempo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Prenez garde, veillez et priez, car vous ne savez pas quand ce temps sera.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sehet zu, wachet und betet; denn ihr wisset nicht, wann die Zeit ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Videte, vigilate, et orate: nescitis enim quando tempus sit.