Matthew 24:36

Weymouth New Testament

"But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels of heaven nor the Son

King James Version (1611)
But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels of heauen, but my Father onely.

King James Version
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

English Standard Version
"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

New American Standard Bible
"But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

New Century Version
"No one knows when that day or time will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son. Only the Father knows.

Amplified Bible
"But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Legacy Standard Bible
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

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

Contemporary English Version
No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.

Complete Jewish Bible
"But when that day and hour will come, no one knows — not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father.

Darby Translation
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but [my] Father alone.

Easy-to-Read Version
"No one knows when that day or time will be. The Son and the angels in heaven don't know when it will be. Only the Father knows.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But of yt day and houre knoweth no man, no not the Angels of heauen, but my father only.

George Lamsa Translation
But concerning that day and that hour, no man knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.

Good News Translation
"No one knows, however, when that day and hour will come—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son; the Father alone knows.

Lexham English Bible
"But concerning that day and hour no one knows—not even the angels of heaven nor the Son—except the Father alone.

Literal Translation
But as to that day and that hour, no one knows, neither the angels of Heaven, except My Father only.

American Standard Version
But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

Bible in Basic English
But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

Hebrew Names Version
But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

International Standard Version
"No one knows when that day or hour will comeabout that day and hour">[fn] - not the angels in heaven, nor the Son,nor the Son">[fn] but only the Father.Zechariah 14:7; Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
BUT concerning that day and concerning that hour, no man knoweth; neither the angels of heaven, but the Father only.

Murdock Translation
But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no not the Angels of heauen, but my father only.

English Revised Version
But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

World English Bible
But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, neither the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But of thilke dai and our no man wote, nethir aungels of heuenes, but the fadir aloone.

Update Bible Version
But of that day and hour knows no one, not even the angels of heaven nor even the Son, but the Father only.

Webster's Bible Translation
But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

New English Translation
"But as for that day and hour no one knows it—not even the angels in heaven—except the Father alone.

New King James Version
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, [fn] but My Father only.

New Living Translation
"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.

New Life Bible
But no one knows the day or the hour. No! Not even the angels in heaven know. The Son does not know. Only the Father knows.

New Revised Standard
"But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, concerning that day and hour, no one, knoweth, neither the messengers of the heavens, nor the Son, - save the Father only.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But of that day and hour no one knoweth: no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.

Revised Standard Version
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But of that daye and houre knowith no man no not ye angels of heve but my father only.

Young's Literal Translation
`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers of the heavens -- except my Father only;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles of that daye & houre knoweth no man, no not the angels of heauen, but my father onely.

Mace New Testament (1729)
As to the day and hour, that no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the father only.

THE MESSAGE
"But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven's angels, not even the Son. Only the Father knows.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Nobody but the Boss knows the day or the hour all of this will happen. The winged riders don't know. Your know-it-all neighbor don't know. Not even the Boss's Son knows. Only the Boss knows.

Contextual Overview

³² "Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near. ³³ So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door. ³⁴ I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place. ³⁵ Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away. ³⁶ "But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷ `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark, ³⁹ nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 24:42, Matthew 24:44, Matthew 25:13, Zechariah 14:7, Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 16:15

Reciprocal: Matthew 7:22 - to me 1 Thessalonians 5:1 - the times 2 Thessalonians 1:10 - in that 2 Timothy 1:12 - against 2 Timothy 4:8 - at that

Cross-References

Romans 4:19
And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But of that day and hour knoweth no man,.... Which is to be understood, not of the second coming of Christ, the end of the world, and the last judgment; but of the coming of the son of man, to take vengeance on the Jews, and of their destruction; for the words manifestly regard the date of the several things going before, which only can be applied to that catastrophe, and dreadful desolation: now, though the destruction itself was spoken of by Moses and the prophets, was foretold by Christ, and the believing Jews had some discerning of its near approach; see Hebrews 10:25 yet the exact and precise time was not known: it might have been: calculated to a year by Daniel's weeks, but not to the day and hour; and therefore our Lord does not say of the year, but of the day and hour no man knows; though the one week, or seven years, being separated from the rest, throws that account into some perplexity; and which perhaps is on purpose done, to conceal the precise time of Jerusalem's destruction: nor need it be wondered at, notwithstanding all the hints given, that the fatal day should not be exactly known beforehand; when those who have lived since, and were eyewitnesses of it, are not agreed on what day of the month it was; for, as Dr. Lightfoot i observes, Josephus k says,

"that the temple perished the "tenth" day of "Lous", a day fatal to the temple, as having been on that day consumed in flames, by the king of Babylon.''

And yet Rabbi Jochanan ben Zaccai, who was also at the destruction of it, as well as Josephus, with all the Jewish writers, say it was on the "ninth of Ab"; for of this day they l say, five things happened upon it:

"On the "ninth of Ab" it was decreed concerning our fathers, that they should not enter into the land (of Canaan), the first and second temple were destroyed, Bither was taken, and the city ploughed up.''

Though the words of R. Jochanan, cited by the doctor, refer to the first, and not to the second temple, and should have been rendered thus:

"If I had been in the generation (which fixed the fast for the destruction of the first temple), I would not have fixed it but on the tenth (of Ab); for, adds he, the greatest part of the temple was burnt on that day; but the Rabbins rather regarded the beginning of the punishment m.''

And so the fasting of Rabbi, and R. Joshua ben Levi, on the "ninth" and "tenth" days, were on account of the first temple; for they were under the same difficulty about the one, as the other:

no, not the angels of heaven; who dwell there, always behold the face of God, stand in his presence ready to do his will, and are made acquainted with many of his designs, and are employed in the executing of them, and yet know not the time of God's vengeance on the Jews; to this agrees the sense that is given of the day of vengeance in Isaiah 63:4 it is asked n,

"what is the meaning of these words, "the day of vengeance is in my heart?" Says R. Jochanan, to my heart I have revealed it, to the members I have not revealed it: says R. Simeon ben Lakish, to my heart I have revealed it,

למלאכי השרת לא גליתי, "to the ministering angels I have not revealed it".''

The Ethiopic version adds here, "nor the son", and so the Cambridge copy of Beza's; which seems to be transcribed from Mark 13:32 where that phrase stands; and must be understood of Christ as the son of man, and not as the Son of God; for as such, he lay in the bosom of the Father, and knew all his purposes and designs; for these were purposed in him: he knew from the beginning who would betray him, and who would believe in him; he knew what would befall the rejecters of him, and when that would come to pass; as he must know also the day of the last judgment, since it is appointed by God, and he is ordained to execute it: but the sense is, that as he, as man and mediator, came not to destroy, but to save; so it was not any part of his work, as such, to know, nor had he it in commission to make known the time of Jerusalem's ruin:

but my Father only; to the exclusion of all creatures, angels and men; but not to the exclusion of Christ as God, who, as such, is omniscient; nor of the Holy Spirit, who is acquainted with the deep things of God, the secrets of his heart, and this among others.

i In Mark xiii. 32. k De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 26. l Misu. Taanith, c. 4. sect. 7. T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 68. 3. & Maimon. Hilch. Taanioth, c. 5. sect. 2. m T. Bab, Taanith, fol. 29. 1. n T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 99. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But of that day and hour - Of the precise time of the fulfillment. The “general signs” of its approach have been given, as the budding of the fig-tree is a certain indication that summer is near; but “the precise time” is not indicated by these things. One part of their inquiry was Matthew 24:3 when those things should be. He now replies to them by saying that the precise time would not be foretold. Compare the notes at Acts 1:7.

Knoweth no man, no, not the angels - See the notes at Mark 13:32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. But of that day and hour — ωρα, here, is translated season by many eminent critics, and is used in this sense by both sacred and profane authors. As the day was not known, in which Jerusalem should be invested by the Romans, therefore our Lord advised his disciples to pray that it might not be on a Sabbath; and as the season was not known, therefore they were to pray that it might not be in the winter; Matthew 24:20. Mark 13:32; Mark 13:32.