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MARK 13:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 13:31Mark 13:33
“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father — the day or hour of the final coming is unknown to everyone except the Father. Not even the angels and not even the Son: the limitation of knowledge about the timing is absolute, applying even to the divine Son in his earthly ministry. The theological puzzle of the Son's limited knowledge has generated extensive discussion; the most common resolution notes that the Son in his incarnate state voluntarily limited access to certain divine prerogatives.

Church Fathers on Mark 13:32

The Lord wishing to prevent His disciples from asking about that day and hour, says, 'But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.'

Theophylact · 11th century

This ignorance of the day and hour is urged against the Only-Begotten God, as if, God born of God had not the same perfection of nature as God. But first, let common sense decide whether it is credible that He, who is the cause that all things are, and are to be, should be ignorant of any out of all these things. For how can it be beyond the knowledge of that nature, by which and in which that which is to be done is contained? And can He be ignorant of that day, which is the…

Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century · de Trin., ix

For we must needs watch with our souls before the death of the body.

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
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