KJV: 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.
YLT: watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'
Darby: Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
ASV: But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
| ἀγρυπνεῖτε | Watch |
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Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἀγρυπνέω Sense: to be sleepless, keep awake, watch. |
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| δὲ | also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| ἐν | at |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἐν Sense: in, by, with etc. |
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| παντὶ | every |
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Parse: Adjective, Dative Masculine Singular Root: πᾶς Sense: individually. |
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| καιρῷ | season |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: καιρός Sense: due measure. |
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| δεόμενοι | praying |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: δέομαι Sense: to want, lack. |
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| ἵνα | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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| κατισχύσητε | you may have strength |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: κατισχύω Sense: to be strong to another’s detriment, to prevail against. |
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| ἐκφυγεῖν | to escape |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: ἐκφεύγω Sense: to flee out of, flee away. |
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| ταῦτα | these things |
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Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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| τὰ | that |
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Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| μέλλοντα | are about |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: μέλλω Sense: to be about. |
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| γίνεσθαι | to come to pass |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Middle or Passive Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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| σταθῆναι | to stand |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Passive Root: ἵστημι Sense: to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set. |
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| ἔμπροσθεν | before |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἔμπροσθεν Sense: in front, before. |
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| Υἱοῦ | Son |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: υἱός Sense: a son. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἀνθρώπου | of Man |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 21:36
Αγρυπνεω Agrupneō is a late verb to be sleepless Keep awake and be ready is the pith of Christ‘s warning. [source]
First aorist active subjunctive with ινα hina of purpose. The verb κατισχυω katischuō means to have strength against (cf. Matthew 16:18). Common in later writers. Εκπυγειν Ekphugein is second aorist active infinitive, to escape out.To stand before the Son of man (στατηναι εμπροστεν του υιου του αντρωπου stathēnai emprosthen tou huiou tou anthrōpou). That is the goal. There will be no dread of the Son then if one is ready. Στατηναι Stathēnai is first aorist passive infinitive of ιστημι histēmi f0). [source]
That is the goal. There will be no dread of the Son then if one is ready. Στατηναι Stathēnai is first aorist passive infinitive of ιστημι histēmi f0). [source]
See on Mark 13:33. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 21:36
What did Jesus mean by this word-play?I will build my church (οικοδομησω μου την εκκλησιαν oikodomēsō mou tēn ekklēsian). It is the figure of a building and he uses the word εκκλησιαν ekklēsian which occurs in the New Testament usually of a local organization, but sometimes in a more general sense. What is the sense here in which Jesus uses it? The word originally meant “assembly” (Acts 19:39), but it came to be applied to an “unassembled assembly” as in Acts 8:3 for the Christians persecuted by Saul from house to house. “And the name for the new Israel, εκκλησια ekklēsia in His mouth is not an anachronism. It is an old familiar name for the congregation of Israel found in Deut. (Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 23:2) and Psalms (Psalm 22:25), both books well known to Jesus” (Bruce). It is interesting to observe that in Psalms 89 most of the important words employed by Jesus on this occasion occur in the lxx text. So οικοδομησω oikodomēsō in Psalm 89:5; εκκλησια ekklēsia in Psalm 89:6; κατισχυω katischuō in Psalm 89:22; Χριστος Christos in Psalm 89:39, Psalm 89:52; αιδης hāidēs in Psalm 89:49 (εκ χειρος αιδου ek cheiros hāidou). If one is puzzled over the use of “building” with the word εκκλησια ekklēsia it will be helpful to turn to 1 Peter 2:5. Peter, the very one to whom Jesus is here speaking, writing to the Christians in the five Roman provinces in Asia (1 Peter 1:1), says: “You are built a spiritual house” (οικοδομειστε οικος πνευματικος oikodomeisthe oikos pneumatikos). It is difficult to resist the impression that Peter recalls the words of Jesus to him on this memorable occasion. Further on (1 Peter 2:9) he speaks of them as an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, showing beyond controversy that Peter‘s use of building a spiritual house is general, not local. This is undoubtedly the picture in the mind of Christ here in Matthew 16:18. It is a great spiritual house, Christ‘s Israel, not the Jewish nation, which he describes. What is the rock on which Christ will build his vast temple? Not on Peter alone or mainly or primarily. Peter by his confession was furnished with the illustration for the rock on which His church will rest. It is the same kind of faith that Peter has just confessed. The perpetuity of this church general is guaranteed.The gates of Hades Each word here creates difficulty. Hades is technically the unseen world, the Hebrew Sheol, the land of the departed, that is death. Paul uses τανατε thanate in 1 Corinthians 15:55 in quoting Hosea 13:14 for αιδη hāidē It is not common in the papyri, but it is common on tombstones in Asia Minor, “doubtless a survival of its use in the old Greek religion” (Moulton and Milligan, Vocabulary). The ancient pagans divided Hades Christ was in Hades (Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31), not in Gehenna. We have here the figure of two buildings, the Church of Christ on the Rock, the House of Death (Hades). “In the Old Testament the ‹gates of Hades‘ (Sheol) never bears any other meaning (Isaiah 38:10; Wisd. 16:3; 3 Maccabees 5:51) than death,” McNeile claims. See also Psalm 9:13; Psalm 107:18; Job 38:17 It is not the picture of Hades attacking Christ‘s church, but of death‘s possible victory over the church. “The εκκλησια ekklēsia is built upon the Messiahship of her master, and death, the gates of Hades, will not prevail against her by keeping Him imprisoned. It was a mysterious truth, which He will soon tell them in plain words (Matthew 16:21); it is echoed in Acts 2:24, Acts 2:31 ” (McNeile). Christ‘s church will prevail and survive because He will burst the gates of Hades and come forth conqueror. He will ever live and be the guarantor of the perpetuity of His people or church. The verb κατισχυω katischuō (literally have strength against, ισχυω ischuō from ισχυς ischus and κατ kaṫ) occurs also in Luke 21:36; Luke 23:23. It appears in the ancient Greek, the lxx, and in the papyri with the accusative and is used in the modern Greek with the sense of gaining the mastery over. The wealth of imagery in Matthew 16:18 makes it difficult to decide each detail, but the main point is clear. The εκκλησια ekklēsia which consists of those confessing Christ as Peter has just done will not cease. The gates of Hades or bars of Sheol will not close down on it. Christ will rise and will keep his church alive. Sublime Porte used to be the title of Turkish power in Constantinople. [source]
Each word here creates difficulty. Hades is technically the unseen world, the Hebrew Sheol, the land of the departed, that is death. Paul uses τανατε thanate in 1 Corinthians 15:55 in quoting Hosea 13:14 for αιδη hāidē It is not common in the papyri, but it is common on tombstones in Asia Minor, “doubtless a survival of its use in the old Greek religion” (Moulton and Milligan, Vocabulary). The ancient pagans divided Hades Christ was in Hades (Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31), not in Gehenna. We have here the figure of two buildings, the Church of Christ on the Rock, the House of Death (Hades). “In the Old Testament the ‹gates of Hades‘ (Sheol) never bears any other meaning (Isaiah 38:10; Wisd. 16:3; 3 Maccabees 5:51) than death,” McNeile claims. See also Psalm 9:13; Psalm 107:18; Job 38:17 It is not the picture of Hades attacking Christ‘s church, but of death‘s possible victory over the church. “The εκκλησια ekklēsia is built upon the Messiahship of her master, and death, the gates of Hades, will not prevail against her by keeping Him imprisoned. It was a mysterious truth, which He will soon tell them in plain words (Matthew 16:21); it is echoed in Acts 2:24, Acts 2:31 ” (McNeile). Christ‘s church will prevail and survive because He will burst the gates of Hades and come forth conqueror. He will ever live and be the guarantor of the perpetuity of His people or church. The verb κατισχυω katischuō (literally have strength against, ισχυω ischuō from ισχυς ischus and κατ kaṫ) occurs also in Luke 21:36; Luke 23:23. It appears in the ancient Greek, the lxx, and in the papyri with the accusative and is used in the modern Greek with the sense of gaining the mastery over. The wealth of imagery in Matthew 16:18 makes it difficult to decide each detail, but the main point is clear. The εκκλησια ekklēsia which consists of those confessing Christ as Peter has just done will not cease. The gates of Hades or bars of Sheol will not close down on it. Christ will rise and will keep his church alive. Sublime Porte used to be the title of Turkish power in Constantinople. [source]
Each word here creates difficulty. Hades is technically the unseen world, the Hebrew Sheol, the land of the departed, that is death. Paul uses τανατε thanate in 1 Corinthians 15:55 in quoting Hosea 13:14 for αιδη hāidē It is not common in the papyri, but it is common on tombstones in Asia Minor, “doubtless a survival of its use in the old Greek religion” (Moulton and Milligan, Vocabulary). The ancient pagans divided Hades Christ was in Hades (Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31), not in Gehenna. We have here the figure of two buildings, the Church of Christ on the Rock, the House of Death (Hades). “In the Old Testament the ‹gates of Hades‘ (Sheol) never bears any other meaning (Isaiah 38:10; Wisd. 16:3; 3 Maccabees 5:51) than death,” McNeile claims. See also Psalm 9:13; Psalm 107:18; Job 38:17 It is not the picture of Hades attacking Christ‘s church, but of death‘s possible victory over the church. “The εκκλησια ekklēsia is built upon the Messiahship of her master, and death, the gates of Hades, will not prevail against her by keeping Him imprisoned. It was a mysterious truth, which He will soon tell them in plain words (Matthew 16:21); it is echoed in Acts 2:24, Acts 2:31 ” (McNeile). Christ‘s church will prevail and survive because He will burst the gates of Hades and come forth conqueror. He will ever live and be the guarantor of the perpetuity of His people or church. The verb κατισχυω katischuō (literally have strength against, ισχυω ischuō from ισχυς ischus and κατ kaṫ) occurs also in Luke 21:36; Luke 23:23. It appears in the ancient Greek, the lxx, and in the papyri with the accusative and is used in the modern Greek with the sense of gaining the mastery over. The wealth of imagery in Matthew 16:18 makes it difficult to decide each detail, but the main point is clear. The εκκλησια ekklēsia which consists of those confessing Christ as Peter has just done will not cease. The gates of Hades or bars of Sheol will not close down on it. Christ will rise and will keep his church alive. Sublime Porte used to be the title of Turkish power in Constantinople. [source]
Instrumental case. Poor Pilate was overwhelmed by this tornado.Prevailed (κατισχυον katischuon). Imperfect active of κατισχυω katischuō (See note on Matthew 16:18; and note on Luke 21:36). The tempest Pilate had invited (Luke 23:13). [source]
Imperfect active of κατισχυω katischuō (See note on Matthew 16:18; and note on Luke 21:36). The tempest Pilate had invited (Luke 23:13). [source]
Incorrect. It means on every occasion. Rev., at all seasons. Compare Luke 21:36. [source]
See Luke 21:34, Luke 21:36. Often in N.T. of a person coming suddenly upon another; as Luke 2:9; Luke 24:4; Acts 4:1; Acts 12:7. [source]
See on Mark 13:33, and comp. Luke 21:36; Ephesians 6:18. [source]
Very much like the words in Nahum 1:6; Malachi 3:2. First aorist passive infinitive of ιστημι histēmi It is a rhetorical question, apparently by the frightened crowds of Revelation 6:15. Swete observes that the only possible answer to that cry is the command of Jesus in Luke 21:36: “Keep awake on every occasion, praying that ye may get strength to stand (στατηναι stathēnai the very form) before the Son of Man.” [source]