Luke 21:36 meaning and explanation

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 21:36, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, near the end of a long teaching about the temple's destruction, persecution, and his own coming in glory. The Greek word behind "keep watch" is agrypneō, meaning to stay awake, as a guard does on duty.

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