"And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation." — Luke 22:46

Luke 22:46 · KJV

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

— Luke 22:46

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

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 — Context

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

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

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.

But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 6:4-11

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.