Teks -- Mark 13:34 (NET)

13:34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

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Robertson: Mar 13:34 - Commanded also the porter to watch

Commanded also the porter to watch ( kai tōi thurōrōi eneteilato hina grēgorēi ).

The porter or door-keeper (thurōros ), as well as all the rest, to keep a watch (present subjunctive, grēgorēi ). This Parable of the Porter is only in Mark. Our ignorance of the time of the Master’ s return is an argument not for indifference nor for fanaticism, but for alertness and eager readiness for his coming.

Vincent: Mar 13:34 - A man taking a far journey

A man taking a far journey ( ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος )

The A. V. is incorrect, since the idea is not that of a man about to go, as Mat 25:14; but of one already gone. So Wyc., gone far in pilgrimage; and Tynd., which is gone into a strange country. The two words form one notion - a man abroad. Rev., sojourning in another country.

Wesley: Mar 13:34 - The Son of man is as a man taking a far journey

Being about to leave this world and go to the Father, he appoints the services that are to be performed by all his servants, in their several stations. This seems chiefly to respect ministers at the day of judgment: but it may be applied to all men, and to the time of death. Mat 25:14; Luk 19:12.

JFB: Mar 13:34 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, &c.

The idea thus far is similar to that in the opening part of the parable of the talents (Mat 25:14-15).

JFB: Mar 13:34 - and commanded the porter

The gatekeeper.

JFB: Mar 13:34 - to watch

Pointing to the official duty of the ministers of religion to give warning of approaching danger to the people.

Clarke: Mar 13:34 - Left his house

Left his house - Οικιαν, family. Our blessed Lord and Master, when he ascended to heaven, commanded his servants to be faithful and watchful. This fidelity to which he exhorts his servants consists in doing every thing well which is to be done, in the heart or in the family, according to the full extent of the duty. The watchfulness consists in suffering no stranger nor enemy to enter in by the senses, which are the gates of the soul; in permitting nothing which belongs to the Master to go out without his consent; and in carefully observing all commerce and correspondence which the heart may have abroad in the world, to the prejudice of the Master’ s service. See Quesnel.

TSK: Mar 13:34 - as a // and to // and commanded // the porter

as a : Mat 24:45, 25:14-30; Luk 19:12-17

and to : Rom 12:4-8, Rom 13:6; 1Co 3:5-10, 12:4-31, 1Co 15:58; Col 3:24, Col 4:1

and commanded : Eze 3:17-21, Eze 33:2-9; Mat 24:45-47; Luk 12:36-40; Act 20:29-31

the porter : Mat 16:19; Joh 10:3; Rev 3:7

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Poole: Mar 13:34-37

Ver. 34-37. In the Greek, those words, For the Son of man is are not, but those, or some such like, are necessarily to be understood to make up the sense. The watching here again twice called for is the same with that before mentioned. The sense of these verses is the same as before; the uncertainty of the time when Christ cometh to judgment should oblige all men to be diligent and industrious to keep themselves from sinning, that they may be ready at what time soever he cometh. He mentions only the four parts of the night, having spoken of sin under the notion of sleeping, and holiness under the notion of watching.

Gill: Mar 13:34 - For the son of man is as a man taking a far journey // Who left his house // and gave authority to his servants // and to every man his work // and commanded the porter to watch

For the son of man is as a man taking a far journey,.... Or this case of the son of man's coming to take vengeance on the Jewish nation, is like a man that takes a journey into a far country. This puts me in mind of a question asked ^m by the Jews:

"what דרך רחוקה, "a far journey" from Modiim, and without.''

from Modiim, according to the Gemara ⁿ, and commentators ^o on this passage, was a place fifteen miles from Jerusalem; so that, according to them, fifteen miles were reckoned a far journey ^p.

Who left his house; and his goods in it, to the care and management of others during his absence:

and gave authority to his servants; to govern his house, and exercise power one over another, according to their different stations;

and to every man his work; which he was to do, while he was gone, and to give him an account of when he returned:

and commanded the porter to watch; his house, and take care that it was not broke open by thieves, and plundered of the substance that was in it. So Christ, when he ascended on high, went to heaven, the land afar off; left his house, his church, particularly in Judea, and at Jerusalem, to the care of his apostles, and gave authority to govern it, according to the laws, rules, and directions prescribed by him; and assigned every man his particular work, for which he gave him proper gifts and abilities; and ordered the porter to be on his watch, not Peter only, but all the apostles and ministers, whose business it is to watch over themselves, and the souls of men committed to their care.