Mark 13:32

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Jesus is answering his disciples' question about the signs of the end (Mark 13:3-4), having just affirmed that his words will outlast the cosmos (v.31). He is about to command them to watch (v.33).

The words — Ekeinēs (that) is a demonstrative pointing to a specific, definite day, not a generic one. Hōras (hour) names the precise unit within that day, sharpening the unknown to a point.

The thread — Matthew 24:36 is the parallel saying. Acts 1:7 echoes the same principle from the Father's authority over timing, and Matthew 25:13 repeats the vigilance command.

Why it lands — It forecloses every attempt to calculate the timing, which removes the excuse for inaction. The demand that follows (v.33) is the only response left: stay alert.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Matthew 24:36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Acts 1:7 Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Matthew 25:13 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
Mark 13:26 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Matthew 25:6 At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Matthew 25:19 After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
Revelation 1:1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,