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Mark 13:32 — King James Version← Study notes

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.


Mark 13:32Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 13:3222 words
GreekMeaning
ΠερὶPeri
ConcerningprepositionG4012
δὲde
nowwordG1161
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
ἡμέραςhēmeras
daynounG2250
ἐκείνηςekeinēs
thatdemonstrativeG1565
ē
orwordG2228
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
ὥραςhōras
hournounG5610
οὐδεὶςoudeis
no oneadjectiveG3762
οἶδενoiden
knowsverbG6063
οὐδὲoude
not evenadverbG3761
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
ἄγγελοιangeloi
angelsnounG32
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
οὐρανῷouranō
heavennounG3772
οὐδὲoude
norwordG3761
ho
thearticleG3588
υἱόςhyios
SonnounG5207
εἰei
onlywordG1487
μὴ
exceptadverbG3361
ho
thearticleG3588
πατήρpatēr
FathernounG3962
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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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The Limits of Knowing
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Jesus himself doesn't know when the end will come. He freely admits that this knowledge belong...
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