Luke 22:46
44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
47 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
48 But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
- KJV
- And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
- WEB
- and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
- ASV
- and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
- DARBY
- And he said to them, Why sleep ye? rise up and pray that ye enter not into temptation.
- BLB
- And He said to them, “Why are you⁺ sleeping? Having risen up, pray that you⁺ might not enter into temptation.”
- ÅB
- og han sa til dem: Hvorfor sover dere? Stå opp og be at dere ikke må komme i fristelse!
- OTB
- “Hvorfor sover dere?” spurte Han dem. “Reis dere og be, så dere ikke faller i fristelse.”
- B1930
- og han sa til dem: Hvorfor sover I? Stå op og bed at I ikke må komme i fristelse!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 22:40
When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
Read in contextJonah 1:6
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
Read in contextLuke 21:34–36
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextProverbs 6:4–11
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
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