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lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
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The Meaning of "Sleeping"
Commentators agree that "sleeping" is a metaphor for spiritual unpreparedness. It describes a state of being inattentive to God, neglecting one's duties, and being inactive in faith. Scholars like Barnes and Gill define it as being found unprepared and unfit for service when the Lord returns.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Find you sleeping. Inattentive to your post, neglecting your duty, and unprepared for his coming.
19th Century
Anglican
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.—As before we traced a kind of echo of the parable of the Talents, so here we r…
God’s people must remain on guard because they do not know when God’s appointed time is. The Parousia could occur at any time.
The parable he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lest coming suddenly Unthought of, and unexpected, at an unawares:
he find you sleeping
We have the application of this prophetic sermon. As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly. As to the end of the world, d…
