Mark 13:37 Meaning and Explanation
“And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 13:37 Mean?
The discourse ends with a deliberate widening of the audience. Four disciples asked their question in private, but the answer was never for four alone: 'what I say unto you I say unto all.' Every reader of Mark — then and now — is written into the command. The chapter's last word is its whole message in a single syllable: Watch.
Everything Jesus has unveiled — deceivers, tribulations, falling stars, the Son of man in glory — gathers into this one doable charge. Not calculate, not fear, not speculate: watch. Live awake to Christ, attentive to his word, busy at his work, expectant of his coming. The verse leaves no spectators; all of us stand among the 'all.' The Lord of the discourse is at the doors, and his parting word still rings from the Mount of Olives: Watch.
Mark 13:37 in the Original Language
gregoreo (γρηγορέω), 'watch' -- to stay awake and alert, like a sentry on duty.
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What does Mark 13:37 mean?
Jesus widens his final command to every disciple in every age: what I say unto you I say unto all — Watch.