Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 13:36
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
36. lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping ] “During the night the ‘captain of the Temple’ made his rounds. On his approach the guards had to rise and salute him in a particular manner. Any guard found asleep when on duty was beaten, or his garments were set on fire a punishment, as we know, actually awarded.” Edersheim, p. 120.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Find you sleeping – Inattentive to your post, neglecting your duty, and unprepared for his coming.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 36. He find you sleeping.] A porter asleep exposes the house to be robbed, and well deserves punishment. No wonder that the man is constantly suffering loss who is frequently off his guard.
Our Lord shows us in this parable:
1. That himself, ascended to heaven, is the man gone from home.
2. That believers collectively are his family.
3. That his servants are those who are employed in the work of faith and labour of love.
4. That the porter represents the ministers of his Gospel, who should continually watch for the safety and welfare of the whole flock.
5. That every one has his own work – that which belongs to himself and to none other, and for the accomplishment of which he receives sufficient strength from his Lord.
6. That these servants and porters shall give an account to their Lord, how they have exercised themselves in their respective departments.
7. And that as the master of the family will certainly come to require this account at a time when men are not aware, therefore they should be always watchful and faithful. And,
8, That this is a duty incumbent on every soul of man, What I say unto you, I say unto ALL, WATCH! If, after all these warnings, the followers of God be found careless, their misery and condemnation must be great.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
36. Lest, coming suddenly, he findyou sleepingSee on Lu 12:35-40;Lu 12:42-46.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1) “Lest coming suddenly,” (me elthon eksaiphnes) “Lest He coming suddenly,” unexpectedly to you, in spite of His warning to you, as members of His church, whom He addressed in this entire discourse, as also Mat 24:42-44].
2) “He find you sleeping.” (he ure humas katheudontas) “He should find you all sleeping,” Luk 12:42-48, in lethargy, indolence, and carelessness, even to justify His cutting you asunder, for chastisement, for awhile with Israel, as-unfaithful servants, sentinels who sleep at the post of duty, Mat 24:48-51; Mat 25:11-13; Mat 25:24-30; Luk 22:34-36.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(36) Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.As before we traced a kind of echo of the parable of the Talents, so here we recognise something like a fragmentary reminiscence of that of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mar 13:36 . , suddenly, here in Luk 2:13 , and four times in Acts. : this applies to all the servants, not merely to the porter; therefore all must watch as well as work. In the case of a master absent on a journey, the servants cannot know even the day , not to speak of the hour or watch of the night, as they could in the cases supposed in Luk 12:36 , Mat 25:1 . Therefore they must keep awake not merely one night, but many nights, an incongruity which again suggests that we have not here an original utterance of Jesus, but a composite logion with elements borrowed from several parables.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
sleeping = composing yourselves for sleep (voluntarily). Greek. katheudo. See notes on 1Th 4:14, and 1Th 5:6. Not koimaomai = to fall asleep involuntarily (as in death). See App-171.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he find: Mar 14:37, Mar 14:40, Pro 6:9-11, Pro 24:33, Pro 24:34, Son 3:1, Son 5:2, Isa 56:10, Mat 24:48-51, Mat 25:5, Luk 21:34, Luk 22:45, Rom 13:11-14, Eph 5:14, 1Th 5:6, 1Th 5:7
Reciprocal: Pro 6:4 – General Act 20:9 – being Rev 3:3 – know
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Coning suddenly shows that the second coming of Christ will not be a drawn-out affair. That is taught also in 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mar 13:36. Coming suddenly (as He will come) he find you sleeping (which was a neglect of His express command). The special duty of the Apostles, as representing the ministry, is doubtless referred to.