King James Version
Mark 13:35 in the King James Version says “Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing,...” — study this verse from Mark chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:”
Mark 13:35 · KJV
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
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.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ye know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“the master”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“of the house”
G3614properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
“cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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