Reference

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.
34

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

35

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

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.

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.

38

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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Thief in the Night

The verse emphasizes watchfulness and prayer for worthiness to escape future events and stand before the Son of Man, but it does not use any language related to a "thief" or unexpected timing for Christ's coming.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse speaks of "escaping all these things that shall come to pass," the nature of these "things" and the "standing before the Son of man" could be interpreted metaphorically or spiritually rather than solely as concrete, physical events.