Luke - 22:46

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46 and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 22:46.

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And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
And he said to them: Why sleep you? arise, pray, lest you enter into temptation.
and he said to them, 'Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'
"Why are you sleeping?" He said; "stand up; and pray that you may not come into temptation."
And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
And he said to them: "Why are you sleeping? Rise up, pray, lest you enter into temptation."
"Why are you asleep?" he asked them. "Rise and pray so that you don't fall into temptation."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And said unto them, why sleep ye?.... The Arabic version prefaces this with these words, "and he awaked them"; and then rebuked them for sleeping, adding,
rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation; together with words recorded in Matthew 26:45.

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