Berean Standard Bible
Mark 14:37
37Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
Mark 14:37 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
- New International Version (NIV)Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?
Context of Mark 14:37
35Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him. 36“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.” Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour? 38Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” 39Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
Read all of Mark 14Mark 14:37 word by word
καὶ ἔρχεται καὶ εὑρίσκει αὐτοὺς καθεύδοντας καὶ λέγει τῷ Πέτρῳ· Σίμων, καθεύδεις; οὐκ ἴσχυσας μίαν ὥραν γρηγορῆσαι;Read the interlinear
- Thenκαίkai · andG2532
- returnedἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- sleepingκαθεύδωkatheudō · to sleepG2518
- SimonΣίμωνSimōn · SimonG4613
- He askedλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ·ΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
- Were you not ableοὐou · noG3756
- Were you not ableἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
- to keep watchγρηγορέωgrēgoreuō · to keep watchG1127
- for oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
Cross-references for Mark 14:37
- Mark 14:40And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
- Luke 9:31They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
- Luke 22:45When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
- Mark 14:29Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
- 2 Samuel 16:17“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
- Jonah 1:6The 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.”
- Matthew 25:5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
- Matthew 26:40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- Jeremiah 12:5“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
- Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Commentaries on Mark 14:37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Saith unto Peter - See on Matthew 26:40; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32-42Verses 32-42 See the notes at Matthew 26:36-46. Mark 14:36 ̓ AbbaThis word denotes “father.” It is a Syriac word, and is used by the Saviour as a word denoting filial affection and tenderness. Compare Romans 8:15. Mark 14:40 Neither wist they - Neither “knew” they. They were so conscious of the impropriety of sleeping at that time, that they could not find any answer to give to the inquiry why they had done it. Mark 14:41 It is enough - There has been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-42Verses 32-42 Christ's sufferings began with the sorest of all, those in his soul. He began to be sorely amazed; words not used in St. Matthew, but very full of meaning. The terrors of God set themselves in array against him, and he allowed him to contemplate them. Never was sorrow like unto his at this time. Now he was made a curse for us; the curses of the law were laid upon him as our Surety. He now tasted death, in all the bitterness of it. This was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-38Are you asleep?: The question was a rebuke, for Jesus knew that Peter had been sleeping. Though the spirit is willing to avoid temptation (see Romans 7:18, 22–23), the body (literally the flesh, which refers to the general weakness and vulnerability of humanity) is weak.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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