King James Version
Matthew 25:13 in the King James Version says “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
Matthew 25:13 · KJV
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. talents: a talent is 187.pounds 10.ten shillings, chap.18.24
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
“the day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“the Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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