Mark 14:37

Modern

Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

Traditional

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

Literal

And He comes and finds them sleeping, and He says to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Were you not able to watch one hour?

Latin

Et venit, et invenit eos dormientes. Et ait Petro: Simon, dormis? non potuisti una hora vigilare?

Greek

English

Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

Are 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 26:40
Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
Hebrews 12:3
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
2 Samuel 16:17
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
Luke 22:45–46
When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
Luke 9:31–32
They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Mark 14:29–31
Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
Mark 14:40–41
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
Matthew 25:5
When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
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?
1 Thessalonians 5:6–8
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
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.”

Peter: Apostle of Jesus, leader in the early church