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1 | Questions for reflection and comment | Matt 26:45 | Mommapbs | 110706 | ||
Why does Jesus draw attention to "sleeping and resting?" I'm wondering if this verse can be linked with His request in verse 41 where He tells them to keep watching and praying. How does watching compare to sleeping and praying compare to resting? What might we glean from this in our own relationship with the Lord? Indeed, the Lord is at hand today - His return is nearer than it was yesterday. Are we watching or asleep? Are we resting or "devoted to prayer (Acts 2:42)? Is the Lord perhaps giving US a "wake-up call?" (How might we "hear this" in the church?) |
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2 | Questions for reflection and comment | Matt 26:45 | New Creature | 110835 | ||
Mommapbs; See if this helps you in any way. Verse 45. Sleep on now, and take your rest Perhaps it might be better to read these words interrogatively, and paraphrase them thus: Do ye sleep on still? Will no warnings avail? Will no danger excite you to watchfulness and prayer? My hour-in which I am to be delivered up, is at hand; therefore now think of your own personal safety. (Adam Clarke Commentary) Verse 45 Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest; behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. The expression "sleep on now ..." is difficult, for, almost in the same moment, he said, "Arise, let us be going" (Matthew 26:46). Dummelow viewed it as reproachful irony, i.e., "You have slept through my agony; sleep also through my betrayal and capture." Broadus viewed the passage as a permissive imperative. He has no further need of their keeping awake; his struggles in the solitude close by are past. So far as concerns the object for which he desired them to watch and pray, they may now yield to sleep. To be sure, they did not long enjoy the permission. Immediately, perhaps even as he spoke, came the sudden onset of his arrest and capture. (Coffman Commentaries) Verse 45. Sleep on now, and take your rest. Most interpreters have supposed that this should be translated as a question, rather than a command. "Do you sleep now, and take your rest? Is this a time, amidst so much danger, and so many enemies, to give yourselves to sleep?" This construction is strongly countenanced by Luke, Luke 22:46,) where the expression, "Why sleep ye?" evidently refers to the same point of time. There is no doubt that the Greek will bear this construction; and in this way the apparent inconsistency will be removed between this command, to sleep, and that in the next verse, to rise and be going. Others suppose that, his agony being over, and the necessity of watching with him being now passed, he kindly permitted them to seek repose till they should be roused by the coming of the traitor; that, while they slept, Jesus continued still awake; that some considerable time elapsed between what was spoken here and in the next verse; and that Jesus suffered them to sleep until he saw Judas coming, and then aroused them. Others have supposed that he spoke this in irony: "Sleep on now, if you can; take rest, if possible, in such dangers, and at such a time." But this supposition is unworthy of the Saviour and the occasion. Mark adds, "It is enough." That is, sufficient time has been given to sleep. It is time to arise and be going. The hour is at hand. The time when the Son of man is to be betrayed is near. (Barnes' Notes on the New Testament) Blessings New Creature |
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3 | Questions for reflection and comment | Matt 26:45 | Mommapbs | 110839 | ||
Thanks New Creature for the commentary information. I thought maybe the Forum was asleep . . . I compared the accounts between the Gospels and found it interesting that John did not mention this . . . and he was there . . . hmmmmmmm? Blessings, mommapbs PS It is my opinion that Jesus is grieved with their behavior. I also think that many are asleep in the pews! |
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4 | Questions for reflection and comment | Matt 26:45 | New Creature | 110843 | ||
Dear mommapbs; Concerning sleepy Christian's you said "I also think that many are asleep in the pews!" In light of that comment how do you interpret the following verses in their proper context? Is it possible that sleep maybe referring to complacency among believers? Mt. 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Mt 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Mr 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Mark 13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Mark 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. Mark 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. Blessings New Creature |
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5 | Questions for reflection and comment | Matt 26:45 | Mommapbs | 111431 | ||
Greetings New Creature! Just returned from a trip to visit the snow in Utah - there was lots. I enjoyed these verses. They certainly sound the alarm . . .I suspect that many are quite sound sleepers though . . . sad. Blessing to you and yours, mommapbs PS: Get a copy of "Waking the Dead" by John Eldredge! |
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