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Luke 21:36
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. (Luke 21:36)
Watch.
Gr. agrupneō, “to be sleepless,” literally, “keep awake.”
Pray always.
 See on ch. 18:1.
Accounted worthy to escape.
Important textual evidence may be cited (cf. p. 146) for reading “prevail to escape,” or “have strength to escape.”
Stand before.
 See on ch. 19:24. This is the supreme goal of the Christian life.