But watch ye (αγρυπνειτε δε). Αγρυπνεω is a late verb to be sleepless (α privative and υπνος, sleep). Keep awake and be ready is t…

To stand before the Son of man. These approaching calamities are represented as the coming of the Son of man to judge Jerusalem f…

Pray always.—The word is not the same commonly used for “pray,” but occurs once only in the other Gospels ([Reference Mat…

You know what he did there, for –

"Cold mountains and the midnight air,
Witnessed the fervor of his prayer."

Jesus ever practiced …

Theophylact of Ohrid: Our Lord declared above the terrifying and tangible signs of the evils that will overtake sinners, ag…

Watch you therefore, and pray always Watch against every sin, snare, and temptation; particularly, against the above thin…

Christ tells His disciples to observe the signs of the times, by which they could judge. He charges them to consider the ruin of the Jewish nation …