Mark · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Mark 13 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
1 وَفِيمَا هُوَ خَارِجٌ مِنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، قَالَ لَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ تَلَامِيذِهِ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، ٱنْظُرْ! مَا هَذِهِ ٱلْحِجَارَةُ! وَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَبْنِيَةُ!».
1 Καὶ ἐκπορευομένου αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ λέγει αὐτῷ εἷς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ· διδάσκαλε, ἴδε ποταποὶ λίθοι καὶ ποταπαὶ οἰκοδομαί.
2 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَتَنْظُرُ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَبْنِيَةَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ؟ لَا يُتْرَكُ حَجَرٌ عَلَى حَجَرٍ لَا يُنْقَضُ».
2 καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς; οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ.
3 وَفِيمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى جَبَلِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، تُجَاهَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، سَأَلَهُ بُطْرُسُ وَيَعْقُوبُ وَيُوحَنَّا وَأَنْدَرَاوُسُ عَلَى ٱنْفِرَادٍ:
3 Καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας·
4 «قُلْ لَنَا مَتَى يَكُونُ هَذَا؟ وَمَا هِيَ ٱلْعَلَامَةُ عِنْدَمَا يَتِمُّ جَمِيعُ هَذَا؟».
4 εἰπὲ ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅταν μέλλῃ πάντα ταῦτα συντελεῖσθαι;
5 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ وَٱبْتَدَأَ يَقُولُ: «ٱنْظُرُوا! لَا يُضِلُّكُمْ أَحَدٌ.
5 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς· βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
6 فَإِنَّ كَثِيرِينَ سَيَأْتُونَ بِٱسْمِي قَائِلِينَ: إِنِّي أَنَا هُوَ! وَيُضِلُّونَ كَثِيرِينَ.
6 πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.
7 فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِحُرُوبٍ وَبِأَخْبَارِ حُرُوبٍ فَلَا تَرْتَاعُوا، لِأَنَّهَا لَابُدَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ ٱلْمُنْتَهَى بَعْدُ.
7 ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.
8 لِأَنَّهُ تَقُومُ أُمَّةٌ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ، وَمَمْلَكَةٌ عَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ، وَتَكُونُ زَلَازِلُ فِي أَمَاكِنَ، وَتَكُونُ مَجَاعَاتٌ وَٱضْطِرَابَاتٌ. هَذِهِ مُبْتَدَأُ ٱلْأَوْجَاعِ.
8 ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ ταραχαί.
9 فَٱنْظُرُوا إِلَى نُفُوسِكُمْ. لِأَنَّهُمْ سَيُسَلِّمُونَكُمْ إِلَى مَجَالِسَ، وَتُجْلَدُونَ فِي مَجَامِعَ، وَتُوقَفُونَ أَمَامَ وُلَاةٍ وَمُلُوكٍ، مِنْ أَجْلِي، شَهَادَةً لَهُمْ.
9 ἀρχαὶ ὠδίνων ταῦτα. Βλέπετε δὲ ὑμεῖς ἑαυτούς. παραδώσουσι γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καὶ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν δαρήσεσθε, καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων σταθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.
10 وَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُكْرَزَ أَوَّلًا بِٱلْإِنْجِيلِ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ.
10 καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη δεῖ πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.
11 فَمَتَى سَاقُوكُمْ لِيُسَلِّمُوكُمْ، فَلَا تَعْتَنُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ بِمَا تَتَكَلَّمُونَ وَلَا تَهْتَمُّوا، بَلْ مَهْمَا أُعْطِيتُمْ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ فَبِذَلِكَ تَكَلَّمُوا. لِأَنْ لَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّمِينَ بَلِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ.
11 ὅταν δὲ ἀγάγωσιν ὑμᾶς παραδιδόντες, μὴ προμεριμνᾶτε τί λαλήσητε, μηδὲ μελετᾶτε, ἀλλ᾽ ὃ ἐὰν δοθῇ ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ, τοῦτο λαλεῖτε· οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον.
12 وَسَيُسْلِمُ ٱلْأَخُ أَخَاهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلْأَبُ وَلَدَهُ، وَيَقُومُ ٱلْأَوْلَادُ عَلَى وَالِدِيهِمْ وَيَقْتُلُونَهُمْ.
12 παραδώσει δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον, καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς.
13 وَتَكُونُونَ مُبْغَضِينَ مِنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِي. وَلَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَصْبِرُ إِلَى ٱلْمُنْتَهَى فَهَذَا يَخْلُصُ.
13 καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου· ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.
14 فَمَتَى نَظَرْتُمْ «رِجْسَةَ ٱلْخَرَابِ» ٱلَّتِي قَالَ عَنْهَا دَانِيآلُ ٱلنَّبِيُّ، قَائِمَةً حَيْثُ لَا يَنْبَغِي-لِيَفْهَمِ ٱلْقَارِئُ- فَحِينَئِذٍ لِيَهْرُبِ ٱلَّذِينَ فيِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ،
14 Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου ἑστὼς ὅπου οὐ δεῖ — ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω — τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη,
15 وَٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ فَلَا يَنْزِلْ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَلَا يَدْخُلْ لِيَأْخُذَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ شَيْئًا،
15 ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μηδὲ εἰσελθέτω ἆραί τι ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,
16 وَٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ فَلَا يَرْجِعْ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ لِيَأْخُذَ ثَوْبَهُ.
16 καὶ ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν ὢν μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ.
17 وَوَيْلٌ لِلْحَبَالَى وَٱلْمُرْضِعَاتِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ!
17 οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
18 وَصَلُّوا لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ هَرَبُكُمْ فِي شِتَاءٍ.
18 προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται ἡ φυγὴ ὑμῶν χειμῶνος.
19 لِأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ضِيقٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ مُنْذُ ٱبْتِدَاءِ ٱلْخَلِيقَةِ ٱلَّتِي خَلَقَهَا ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ.
19 ἔσονται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλῖψις, οἵα οὐ γέγονε τοιαύτη ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἧς ἔκτισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἕως τοῦ νῦν καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
20 وَلَوْ لَمْ يُقَصِّرِ ٱلرَّبُّ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامَ، لَمْ يَخْلُصْ جَسَدٌ. وَلَكِنْ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمُخْتَارِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَارَهُمْ، قَصَّرَ ٱلْأَيَّامَ.
20 καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολόβωσε Κύριος τὰς ἡμέρας, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκολόβωσε τὰς ἡμέρας.
21 حِينَئِذٍ إِنْ قَالَ لَكُمْ أَحَدٌ: هُوَذَا ٱلْمَسِيحُ هُنَا! أَوْ: هُوَذَا هُنَاكَ! فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوا.
21 καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἰδοὺ ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε.
22 لِأَنَّهُ سَيَقُومُ مُسَحَاءُ كَذَبَةٌ وَأَنْبِيَاءُ كَذَبَةٌ، وَيُعْطُونَ آيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ، لِكَيْ يُضِلُّوا لَوْ أَمْكَنَ ٱلْمُخْتَارِينَ أَيْضًا.
22 ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ δώσουσι σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλανᾶν, εἰ δυνατόν, καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς.
23 فَٱنْظُرُوا أَنْتُمْ. هَا أَنَا قَدْ سَبَقْتُ وَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
23 ὑμεῖς δὲ βλέπετε· ἰδοὺ προείρηκα ὑμῖν ἅπαντα.
24 «وَأَمَّا فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ٱلضِّيقِ، فَٱلشَّمْسُ تُظْلِمُ، وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا يُعْطِي ضَوْءَهُ،
24 Ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις, μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν ἐκείνην ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς,
25 وَنُجُومُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ تَتَسَاقَطُ، وَٱلْقُوَّاتُ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ تَتَزَعْزَعُ.
25 καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.
26 وَحِينَئِذٍ يُبْصِرُونَ ٱبْنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ آتِيًا فِي سَحَابٍ بِقُوَّةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَمَجْدٍ،
26 καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλαις μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ δόξης.
27 فَيُرْسِلُ حِينَئِذٍ مَلَائِكَتَهُ وَيَجْمَعُ مُخْتَارِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ ٱلرِّيَاحِ، مِنْ أَقْصَاءِ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى أَقْصَاءِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.
27 καὶ τότε ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπισυνάξει τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς ἕως ἄκρου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
28 فَمِنْ شَجَرَةِ ٱلتِّينِ تَعَلَّمُوا ٱلْمَثَلَ: مَتَى صَارَ غُصْنُهَا رَخْصًا وَأَخْرَجَتْ أَوْرَاقًا، تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱلصَّيْفَ قَرِيبٌ.
28 Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν. ὅταν αὐτῆς ὁ κλάδος ἤδη γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ ἐκφύῃ τὰ φύλλα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν·
29 هَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا، مَتَى رَأَيْتُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَشْيَاءَ صَائِرَةً، فَٱعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَبْوَابِ.
29 οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα γινόμενα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις.
30 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا يَمْضِي هَذَا ٱلْجِيلُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ.
30 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη μέχρις οὗ πάντα ταῦτα γένηται.
31 اَلسَّمَاءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَزُولَانِ، وَلَكِنَّ كَلَامِي لَا يَزُولُ.
31 ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ ἐμοὶ λόγοι οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται.
32 «وَأَمَّا ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ وَتِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةُ فَلَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِمَا أَحَدٌ، وَلَا ٱلْمَلَائِكَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَلَا ٱلِٱبْنُ، إِلَّا ٱلْآبُ.
32 Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ, οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ.
33 اُنْظُرُوا! اِسْهَرُوا وَصَلُّوا، لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ مَتَى يَكُونُ ٱلْوَقْتُ.
33 Βλέπετε, ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν.
34 كَأَنَّمَا إِنْسَانٌ مُسَافِرٌ تَرَكَ بَيْتَهُ، وَأَعْطَى عَبِيدَهُ ٱلسُّلْطَانَ، وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ عَمَلَهُ، وَأَوْصَى ٱلْبَوَّابَ أَنْ يَسْهَرَ.
34 ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος, ἀφεὶς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ δοὺς τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ θυρωρῷ ἐνετείλατο ἵνα γρηγορῇ.
35 اِسْهَرُوا إِذًا، لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ مَتَى يَأْتِي رَبُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ، أَمَسَاءً، أَمْ نِصْفَ ٱللَّيْلِ، أَمْ صِيَاحَ ٱلدِّيكِ، أَمْ صَبَاحًا.
35 γρηγορεῖτε οὖν· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονυκτίου ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ·
36 لِئَلَّا يَأْتِيَ بَغْتَةً فَيَجِدَكُمْ نِيَامًا!
36 μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας.
37 وَمَا أَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ أَقُولُهُ لِلْجَمِيعِ: ٱسْهَرُوا».
37 ἃ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω, πᾶσι λέγω· γρηγορεῖτε.
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 24:1–51; Ezekiel 11:22–23; Malachi 3:1–2; Ezekiel 8:6; Ezekiel 10:19
- 2 Luke 21:6; Matthew 24:2; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 26:18; 1 Kings 9:7–8
- 3 Matthew 21:1; Mark 4:34; Mark 9:2; Mark 10:35; Mark 1:16–19
- 4 Acts 1:6–7; Matthew 24:3; John 21:21–22; Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:8
- 5 Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:8; Jeremiah 29:8; 1 John 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3
- 6 Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1; John 5:43; Acts 5:36–39; Jeremiah 14:14
- 7 Luke 21:9–11; John 14:27; Matthew 24:6–7; Psalm 112:7; Psalm 27:3
- 8 Psalm 48:6; Matthew 24:8; Isaiah 37:3; Haggai 2:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
- 9 Matthew 10:17–18; John 16:2; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; Mark 13:5; Philippians 1:29
- 10 Matthew 24:14; Colossians 1:23; Romans 10:18; Revelation 14:6; Colossians 1:6
- 11 Luke 21:14–15; Luke 12:11–12; Matthew 10:19–21; Acts 6:10; 1 Corinthians 2:13
- 12 Matthew 10:21; Luke 12:52–53; Luke 21:16; Micah 7:4–6; Matthew 24:10
- 13 John 15:18–19; Matthew 10:22; Luke 6:22; Matthew 24:13; Galatians 6:9
- 14 Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 11:31; Matthew 24:15–28; Luke 21:20–24
- 15 Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:31–33; Philippians 3:7–8; Matthew 24:16–18; Proverbs 6:4–5
- 17 Luke 23:29; Lamentations 4:10; Hosea 13:16; Luke 21:23; Matthew 24:19–21
- 19 Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2; Matthew 24:21; Daniel 9:26; Daniel 9:12
- 20 Matthew 24:22; Isaiah 65:8–9; Zechariah 13:8–9; Romans 11:28–32; Isaiah 1:9
- 21 Luke 21:8; Matthew 24:23–25; Matthew 24:5; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Luke 17:23–24
- 22 Matthew 24:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:8–14; Mark 13:6; 1 John 2:26; Matthew 7:15
- 23 2 Peter 3:17; John 14:29; Luke 21:8; Isaiah 44:7–8; Mark 13:5
- 24 Isaiah 13:10; Acts 2:19–20; Revelation 6:12–14; Matthew 24:29–31; 2 Peter 3:10
- 25 Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:13
- 26 Revelation 1:7; Mark 14:62; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:31
- 27 Zechariah 2:6; Matthew 24:31; Deuteronomy 30:4; Revelation 7:1–3; 2 Thessalonians 2:1
- 28 Luke 21:29–31; Matthew 24:32–33
- 29 James 5:9; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Hebrews 10:25–37; Ezekiel 12:25–28; Ezekiel 7:10–12
- 30 Matthew 24:34; Luke 21:32; Mark 9:1; Matthew 23:36; Matthew 16:28
- 31 Isaiah 40:8; Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33; Matthew 5:18
- 32 Matthew 24:36–42; Acts 1:7; Matthew 25:13; Revelation 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2
- 33 Romans 13:11–12; Luke 12:40; Ephesians 6:18; Revelation 16:15; Matthew 25:13
- 34 John 10:3; Matthew 25:14–30; Luke 12:36–40; Matthew 24:45–47; 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 35 Matthew 24:42; Mark 13:33; Matthew 24:44; Mark 14:30; Mark 6:48
- 36 1 Thessalonians 5:6–7; Matthew 24:48–51; Luke 21:34; Romans 13:11–14; Mark 14:40
- 37 Luke 12:41–46; Mark 13:33; Mark 13:35
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The advice, Brethren, which ye have just heard Scripture give, when it tells us to watch for the last day, every one should think of as concerning his own last day; lest haply when ye judge or think the last day of the world to be far distant, ye slumber with respect to your own last day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of God; while even the Lord, the very Son of God, allowed that the Father alone knows the very day and hour of judgment, when He plainly declares, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, neither the Son, but the Father only." If, then, the Son was not ashamed to ascribe the knowledge of that day to …
Ye have heard what Jesus said concerning the last day of this world, "That neither the Angels of heaven, nor the Son knew it, but the Father." Where indeed there is a great difficulty, lest understanding this in a carnal way, we think that the Father knoweth anything which the Son knoweth not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." By saying, not the angels, He stopped their mouths, that they should not seek to learn what these angels know not; and by saying, "neither the Son," forbids them not only to learn, but even to inquire.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Their tenth objection is the ignorance, and the statement that Of the last day and hour knoweth no man, not even the Son Himself, but the Father. And yet how can Wisdom be ignorant of anything--that is, Wisdom Who made the worlds, Who perfects them, Who remodels them, Who is the Limit of all things that were made, Who knoweth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)