Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Mark 13:32

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

KJV

Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ.

Greek NT

De die autem illo vel hora nemo scit, neque angeli in cælo, neque Filius, nisi Pater.

Vulgate

But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

ASV

But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τῆς | WH/Treg/NIV: τῆς
  • τῆς — SBLGNT
  • τῆς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν | RP: οἱ ἐν
  • ἐν — SBLGNT
  • ἐν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οἱ ἐν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§474By its union to the divine wisdom in the person of the Word incarnate, Christ enjoyed in his human knowledge the fullness of understanding of the eternal plans he had come to reveal.108 What he admitted to not knowing in this area, he elsewhere declared himself not sent to reveal.109 Christ's human will
§673Since the Ascension Christ's coming in glory has been imminent,565 even though "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority."566. This eschatological coming could be accomplished at any moment, even if both it and the final trial that will precede it are "delayed".567

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:1 — But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • Acts 1:7 — And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
  • Acts 1:7 — And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
  • Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
  • Job 14:13 — O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
  • Mark 13:26 — And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
  • Matt 24:36 — But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
  • Matt 24:36 — But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
  • Matt 25:6 — And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
  • Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 25:19 — After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
  • Rev 1:1 — The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
  • Rev 3:3 — Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th
  • Zech 14:7 — But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.