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Luke 22:46
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane immediately after returning from prayer, finding them asleep from exhaustion just before Judas arrives to betray Him.
The words — ἀναστάντες (anastantes) literally means "having risen up" and προσεύχεσθε (proseuchesthe) literally means "pray," forming a direct imperative to wake and intercede.
The thread — This urgent call to vigilance repeats Jesus' earlier command in Luke 22:40 and parallels the ship captain's demand for prayer in Jonah 1:6.
Why it lands — The text commands immediate prayer to avoid spiritual vulnerability, requiring the reader to prioritize watchfulness over physical exhaustion or sorrow.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Cross-references
- Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
- Jonah 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.”
- Luke 21:34 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.
- Proverbs 6:4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.