and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
- BSB “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
- NKJV Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”
- NASB and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you do not come into temptation.”
- NLT “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation.”
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Quick answer
Jesus wakes the disciples and urges them again to rise and pray against temptation. He repeats His call to watchful prayer.
Overview
Jesus gently rouses His sleeping disciples and renews His command to pray. His persistence shows His concern for their spiritual safety even amid His own distress. The repeated exhortation underscores that prayer is the appointed means of standing firm when testing comes.
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Cross-references · 4
- Luke 22:40When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”
- Jonah 1:6So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”
- Luke 21:34–36“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
- Prov 6:4–11Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
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