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.
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The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Matt. 24. All that will be necessary here will be an explanation of a few words that did…
Adam Clarke
Watch ye therefore, and pray always - Perhaps we should connect ες παντι καιρῳ, continually, with αγρυπνειτε, watch, as it appears to be the most natural order. Indeed the word continually belongs…
Here, in the close of this discourse,
I. Christ appoints his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by, if they had an eye to the foregoing directions, with as much…
Cambridge Bible
pray always Luk 18:1; Eph 6:18. Render, watch ye at all times, making supplication.
accounted worthy See on Luk 20:35. Another reading is "ye may prevail" (katischusete).
to stand before the Son of…
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