Luke 22:46
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
KJV
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί καθεύδετε; ἀναστάντες προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν.
Greek NT
Et ait illis : Quid dormitis ? surgite, orate, ne intretis in tentationem.
Vulgate
and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
ASV
And he said to them: Why sleep you? Arise: pray: lest you enter into temptation.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθεύδω
katheudo
verb · 22×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πειρασμός
peirasmos
noun · 21×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2612In Jesus "the Kingdom of God is at hand."72 He calls his hearers to conversion and faith, but also to watchfulness. In prayer the disciple keeps watch, attentive to Him Who Is and Him Who Comes, in memory of his first coming in the lowliness of the flesh, and in the hope of his second coming in glory.73 In communion with their Master, the disciples' prayer is a battle; only by …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
- 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
- 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Gal 5:17 — For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
- 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 — 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.
- Luke 22:40 — And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
- Luke 22:40 — And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
- Mark 14:38 — Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
- Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Prov 6:4 — Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.