Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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In The King James Version

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

In Context

40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter [Rock], “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?

42Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “ 'Avi ·my Father·, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”

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Cross References

Psalms 119:4א ( 'atah, You) You have enjoined your precepts, 2 that we should fully obey them. 1

Psalms 119:32דּ ( Derek-mitz'vohteyka, Journey-your commands) I run in the path of your mitzvot ·instructions·, 2 for you have set my heart free. HEY ה 1

Psalms 119:115ס ( Suru-mimeniy, Depart-from me) Depart from me, you evildoers, 2 that I may keep the mitzvot ·instructions· of my God. 1

Proverbs 4:14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. 2 Don’t walk in the way of evil men. 1

Matthew 6:13Do not lead us into hard testing, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen ·So be it·.’

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour + 25:13 Context: “The day that no man knows the day nor the hour;” This is a very Jewish reference to the only Festival day that is not defined, that is Yom Terurah ·Day of Shofar blast· (a shofar is a ram horn). This is because the festival starts on the first day of the seventh month of Ethanim, also called Tishri. Months are counted when the moon crests and starts anew, from waxing crest to waning crest. There is a possible four days in which this can occur. Therefore one must be constantly watching and listening for the watchman’s shofar blast that announces the start of the new month, and also starting the 7th month is the beginning of Yom Terurah ·Day of Shofar blast·! in which the Son of Man is coming.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:37-47

The Agony in the Garden. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →

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