# Luke 21.38

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 36. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 37. And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.
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> **38. And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.** (Luke 21:36-38, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 36. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”</span> 37. Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
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> **38. All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.** (Luke 21:36-38, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 36. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 37. And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
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> **38. And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.** (Luke 21:36-38, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 36. <span class="rl-speech">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.'</span> 37. And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;
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> **38. and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.** (Luke 21:36-38, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G4314 - pros](/codex/g4314-pros/), *pros*, Strong's G4314
- [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), *pas*, Strong's G3956

## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.