Luke 22:46
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Luke 22:46 in other translations
| BSB | “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.” |
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| WEB | and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” |
| ASV | and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. |
| YLT | and he said to them, ‘Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.' |
| DARBY | And he said to them, Why sleep ye? rise up and pray that ye enter not into temptation. |
| BBE | And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test. |
| Webster | And said to them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. |
What does Luke 22:46 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 22:39-46
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…
Luke 22:46 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 22:46
- Luke 22:40
And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
- Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
- Luke 21:34-36
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
- Proverbs 6:4-11
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, …
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- Luke 22:45
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
- Luke 22:46
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
- Luke 22:47
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
Luke 22:46 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y les dijo: ¿Por qué dormís? Levantaos, y orad que no entréis en tentación. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il leur dit: Pourquoi dormez-vous? Levez-vous, et priez afin que vous n’entriez pas en tentation. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach zu ihnen: Was schlafet ihr? Stehet auf und betet, auf daß ihr nicht in Versuchung kommet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait illis: Quid dormitis? surgite, orate, ne intretis in tentationem. |