Luke 22:46

Luke 22:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
• New International Version (NIV)“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”

Context of Luke 22:46

44And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground]. 45When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you do not come into temptation.” 47While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading the way for them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him. 48But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Luke 22:46 word by word

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί καθεύδετε; ἀναστάντες προσεύχεσθε ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν.¶Read the interlinear

• and He saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• “Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• areκαθεύδωkatheudō · to sleepG2518
• Getἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• that you do not comeεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• temptationπειρασμόςpeirasmos · temptation/testing: temptationG3986

Cross-references for Luke 22:46

• Luke 22:40Now when He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you do not come into temptation.”
• Luke 21:34“But be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap;
• Proverbs 6:4Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
• Jonah 1:6So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”

Commentaries on Luke 22:46

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39-46Verses 39-46 See the Luke 22:43 Strengthening him - His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was “God,” how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature “alone” sustain the human? But the fact that he was “divine” does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-46Verses 39-46 Every description which the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict, proves the tremendous nature of the assault, and the perfect foreknowledge of its terrors possessed by the meek and lowly Jesus. Here are three things not in the other evangelists. 1. When Christ was in his agony, there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. It was a part of his humiliation that he was thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45-46Jesus prayed in great distress, while the disciples failed to remain alert against temptation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4639. as ... wont--(See Joh 18:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:46

• Gethsemane
• Jesus, the Christ
• Peter
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Peter
• Reckon
• Jesus Christ
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 22

• 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
• 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