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46. τί καθεύδετε; Mat 26:40; Mar 14:37. The second time He does not seem to have spoken to them. The third time He knew that it was too late. The object of their watching had now ceased, for He heard the tramp of men in the distance, and saw the glare of their torches; and therefore it was with a tender irony that He said, ‘Sleep on now and take your rest’ (as far as any help which you can render to Me is concerned), but ‘Rise, let us be going,’ for now sleep will be alike impossible to us all.
προσεύχεσθε ἵνα μή. Not “pray lest” (as in A. V[386]) but “pray that ye enter not” (as in R. V[387]).
[386] A. V. Authorised Version.
[387] R. V. Revised Version.