Luke 12:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And if he shall come in the second watch. — In Mark 13:35 we have the Roman four-fold division of the night. (See Note there.) Here we find the older Jewish division into three watches. (Judges 7:19; 1 Samuel 11:11.)

Luke 12:38

38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.