Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The eschatological command — 'stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man' — concludes the Olivet Discourse in Luke with a call to vigilant, persistent prayer as the practical response to eschatological uncertainty. The phrase 'strength to escape' (katischysete ekphygein) presents prayer as the means of divine enabling rather than mere human preparedness — the capacity to endure comes as a divine gift to those who seek it. The goal 'to stand before the Son of Man' inverts the terror of the preceding judgment signs: those who have prayed through the interim will stand confidently at the culminating point the fearful will flee. The verse frames Christian eschatological posture as active, prayerful watchfulness rather than either anxious calculation or passive fatalism.
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But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'
But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
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