Mark 13:36

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας.

Transliteration

Mē elthōn exaiphnēs heurē you katheudontas.

Grammar Details

• *Mē*: negative particle with subjunctive - lest/not
• *elthōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having come
• *exaiphnēs*: adverb - suddenly/unexpectedly
• *heurē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - might find
• *katheudontas*: present participle, active, accusative, masculine, plural - sleeping

Word Meanings

• *elthōn*: having come/arrived/appeared
• *exaiphnēs*: suddenly/unexpectedly/all at once
• *heurē*: might find/discover/come upon
• *katheudontas*: sleeping/being asleep

Referenced Verses

• Matt 24:48-51 : 48 But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards, 50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, 51 and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Mark 14:40 : 40 When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Rom 13:11-14 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers. 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
• 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
• Luke 22:45 : 45 When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.
• Matt 25:5 : 5 When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
• Mark 14:37 : 37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?
• Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
• Prov 24:33-34 : 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
• Song 3:1 : 1 The Lost Lover is FoundThe Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.
• Song 5:2 : 2 The Trials of Love: The Beloved’s Dream of Losing Her LoverThe Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved:“Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
• Isa 56:10 : 10 All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.