Bible verses about "midnight" | Godbey

¹ For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a landlord man, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ² And having agreed with the laborers for a denarion per day, sent them into his vineyard. ³ And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the forum: ⁴ and he said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they departed. ⁵ Again having gone out about the sixth and ninth hours, he did likewise. ⁶ And about the eleventh hour having gone out, he found others standing; and says to them, Why stand ye here idle all the day? ⁷ They say to him, Because no one hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard. ⁸ And it being evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last even unto the first. ⁹ And those having come about the eleventh hour, received each man a denarion. ¹⁰ But the first having come supposed that they shall receive more; and themselves also received each one a denarion. ¹¹ But receiving it, they murmured against the landlord, ¹² saying, These labored one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who bore the burden of the day and the heat. ¹³ But he responding said to one of them, Comrade, I do thee no wrong; didst thou not agree with me for a denarion? ¹⁴ Take thine own, and go. I wish to give unto this last one, even as unto thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as I wish with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and first last.

⁵¹ Behold, I speak to you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

¹ Jesus having gone out departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. ² And responding, He said to them, Do you not see all these? Truly, I say unto you, that stone may not be left here upon stone, which shall not be thrown down. ³ And He sitting upon the Mount of Olives; the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age? ⁴ And Jesus responding said to them, See, lest any one may deceive you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and they will deceive many. ⁶ And you will be about to hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you are not disturbed: for it behooveth all these things to be, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. ⁸ And all these things are the beginning of travails. ⁹ Then they will deliver you into tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name, ¹⁰ and then many will be offended; and they will betray one another, and hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets will arise and deceive many. ¹² And because iniquity doth abound, the divine love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But the one persevering to the end, the same shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end shall come. ¹⁵ Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know), ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea fly to the mountains: ¹⁷ and let him who is on the housetop not come down to take things out of his house: ¹⁸ and let not the one in the field turn back to take his garment. ¹⁹ But alas unto those who are in gestation and nursing in those days. ²⁰ But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, nor on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world even until now nor ever may be. ²² And if those days were not shortened, no life would be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. ²³ Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or, there: believe him not: ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise up, and give great signs and wonders; so as to deceive even the elect, if possible. ²⁵ Behold, I have foretold you. ²⁶ Therefore if they may say to you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not out: Behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe them not. ²⁷ For as the lightning comes from the east, and shines even unto the west; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be. ²⁸ For where the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. ²⁹ And immediately, after the desolation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. ³⁰ And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the heaven: and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and will see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and much glory. ³¹ And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather His elect out of the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens, unto the extremities of the same. ³² But learn the parable from the fig-tree: when her branch may now be tender, and she may grow out leaves, know that the summer is nigh. ³³ So you also, when you may see all these things know that it is at the doors. ³⁴ Truly I say unto you, This race may not pass away until all these things may be fulfilled. ³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words can not pass away. ³⁶ Concerning that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels of the heavens, except my Father only. ³⁷ But as were the days of Noah, so indeed shall be the coming of the Son of man. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noah entered into the ark, ³⁹ and they did not know until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. ⁴⁰ Then two men shall be in the field; one is taken, and one is left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left. ⁴² Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh. ⁴³ But know this, that if the landlord knew at what watch the thief cometh, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready: because the Son of man cometh in an hour at which you do not think. ⁴⁵ Then who is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord placed over his household to give them their food in season? ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant whom, his lord having come, will find so doing. ⁴⁷ Truly I say unto you, that he will appoint him over all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But if the wicked servant may say in his heart, ⁴⁹ My lord delayeth; and may begin to smite his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not expect, and an hour in which he does not know, ⁵¹ and he will cut him off, and will appoint his part with hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

²⁶ And they having sung a hymn, went out into the Mount of Olives.

²³ But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such worshiping Him.

¹³ Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.

³ Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.

⁷ And on the first of the Sabbaths we being assembled to break bread, Paul spoke to them, being about to depart the following day, and continued his discourse till midnight:

¹ Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins, who taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ³ For the foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil with themselves: ⁴ and the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ But the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and slept. ⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom! go ye out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out. ⁹ And the wise responded, saying, No, lest there may not be a sufficiency for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And they going to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. ¹¹ And afterwards the other virgins come, saying; Lord, lord, open unto us. ¹² And he responding, said; Truly I say unto you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour. ¹⁴ For as a man going away, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods, ¹⁵ to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each one according to his own ability; and departed. ¹⁶ The one having received the five talents going immediately, operated with the same, and made other five talents. ¹⁷ Likewise the one having received two gained two others. ¹⁸ And he having received one, having gone away, digged up the earth, and buried the money belonging to his lord. ¹⁹ And after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes a reckoning with them. ²⁰ And the one having received the five talents coming to him brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents: behold, I have gained other five talents. ²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And the one having received two talents, coming to him, said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents: behold, I have gained other two talents. ²³ And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And the one having received one talent also coming, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewn: ²⁵ and being afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own. ²⁶ And his Lord responding said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I gather where I have not sown, and reap where I have not strewn? ²⁷ Therefore it behooved thee to put my money in the bank, and having come, I would receive my own with the product. ²⁸ Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to the one having ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one having it shall be given, and he shall superabound: but from the one not having shall be taken away even that which he has. ³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the darkness which is without: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth. ³¹ But when the Son of min may come in His glory, and all His angels with Him, then will He sit upon the throne of His glory: ³² and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: ³³ and He will place the sheep on His right, and the goats on His left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶ was naked, and ye clothed me: was sick, and ye visited me: was in prison, and ye came unto me. ³⁷ Then the righteous will respond to Him, saying; Lord, when saw we thee then hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee then a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ But when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰ And the King responding will say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did these things to one of the least of these my brethren, you did them unto me. ⁴¹ Then will He also say unto those on the left, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink: ⁴³ I was a stranger and you took me not in; was naked, and you clothed me not; was sick, and in prison, and you visited me not. ⁴⁴ Then will they also respond, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not unto thee? ⁴⁵ Then will He respond to them, saying, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as you did not these things to one of the least of these, you did them not unto me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into eternal punishment: and the righteous into eternal life.

²⁵ But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, continued to sing praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.