Mark 14:39
37 Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
38 Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
40 And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
41 When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
- KJV
- And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
- WEB
- Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
- ASV
- And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
- DARBY
- And going away, he prayed again, saying the same thing.
- BLB
- And again, having gone away, He prayed, having said the same thing.
- ÅB
- Og igjen gikk han bort og ba, og sa de samme ord.
- OTB
- Igjen gikk han bort og ba på samme måte.
- B1930
- Og atter gikk han bort og bad, og sa de samme ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 26:42–44
A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
Read in contextMatthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:8
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Read in contextLuke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Read in context