39 (A)And he came out, and went (as he was wont) to the mount of Olives: and his disciples also followed him.

40 (B)[a]And when he came to the place, he said to them, Pray, lest ye enter into tentation.

41 [b]And he was drawn aside from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

42 Saying, Father, If thou wilt, take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

43 And there appeared an Angel unto him from heaven, comforting him.

44 But being in an [c]agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like [d]drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.

45 [e]And he rose up from prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them sleeping for heaviness.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 22:40 Christ hath made death acceptable unto us, by overcoming in our name, all the horrors of death, which had joined with them the curse of God.
  2. Luke 22:41 Prayers are a sure succor against the most perilous assaults of our enemies.
  3. Luke 22:44 This agony showeth that Christ strove much, and was in great distress: for Christ strove not only with the fears of death, as other men used to do, for so many martyrs might seem more constant than Christ, but with the fearful judgment of his angry Father, which is the fearfullest thing in the world: and the matter was, for that he took the burden of all our sins upon himself.
  4. Luke 22:44 These do not only show that Christ was true man, but other things also which the goodly have to consider of, wherein redemption of all mankind is contained in the son of God his debasing himself to the state of a servant: such things as no man can sufficiently declare.
  5. Luke 22:45 Men are utterly sluggish, even in their greatest dangers until Christ stir them up.

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