Luke 21:36

The Importance of Watching

34 “But ^atake heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with¹ carousing, drunkenness, and ^bcares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

35 For ^ait will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 ^aWatch therefore, and ^bpray always that you may be counted ^cworthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and ^dto stand before the Son of Man.”

37 ^aAnd in the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but ^bat night He went out and stayed on the mountain called Olivet.

38 Then early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple to hear Him.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Luke 21:36

Watch ye therefore, and pray always - Perhaps we should connect ͅ , continually, with , watch, as it appears to be the most natural order. Indeed the word continually belongs equally to both watch and pray; and no man is safe, at any time, who does not attend to this advice as literally as possible.

That shall come to pass - That is, the tribulations which are on their way to overwhelm and destroy the Jewish people. These are sufficiently stated in the preceding verses.

To stand before the Son of man - To be acquitted, and to be condemned, are expressed, in Romans 14:4, by standing and falling. Those who were faithful to the grace they had received were not only not destroyed in the destruction of Jerusalem, but became heralds of the grace and mercy of God to the nations. Thus they were counted worthy to stand before the Son of man - to minister salvation in his name.

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