Luke 12:40
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
KJV
καὶ ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἕτοιμοι, ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.
Greek NT
Et vos estote parati : quia qua hora non putatis, Filius hominis veniet.
Vulgate
Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
ASV
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not the Son of man will come.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἕτοιμος
etoimos
adjective · 17×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ὑμεῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑμεῖς | RP: + οὖν
- ὑμεῖς — SBLGNT
- ὑμεῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + οὖν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2849Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony.159 In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "cu…
49. The Son then did know, as being the Word; for He implied this in what He said —'I know but it is not for you to know;' for it was for your sakes that sitting also on the mount I said according to the flesh, 'No, not the Son knows,' for the profit of you and all. For it is profitable to you to hear so much both of the Angels and of the Son, because of the deceivers which sha…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- 2Pet 3:12 — Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
- Luke 12:46 — The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
- Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- Matt 24:44 — Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matt 24:44 — Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- Rev 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Rom 13:11 — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
- Rom 13:14 — But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.