Luke 22:46

Modern

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

Traditional

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Literal

And He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Having risen up, pray that you might not enter into temptation.”

Latin

Et ait illis: Quid dormitis? surgite, orate, ne intretis in tentationem.

Greek

English

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

Jesus prayed in great distress, while the disciples failed to remain alert against temptation.

Theme notes and profiles

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 21:34–36
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 6:4–11
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.