rwp - Mark:13:34-37

rwp@Mark:13:34 @{Commanded also the porter to watch} (\kai ti thurri eneteilato hina grgori\). The porter or door-keeper (\thurros\), as well as all the rest, to keep a watch (present subjunctive, \grgori\). 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.

rwp@Mark:13:35 @The four watches of the night are named here: evening (\opse\), midnight (\mesonuktion\), cock-crowing (\alektorophnias\), morning (\pri\).

rwp@Mark:13:37 @{Watch} (\grgoreite\). Be on the watch. Present imperative of a verb made on the second perfect, \egrgora\, to be awake. Stay awake till the Lord comes.