Mark 14:37
New International Version
Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?

New Living Translation
Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour?

English Standard Version
And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

Berean Literal Bible
And He comes and finds them sleeping. And He says to Peter, "Simon are you asleep? Were you not able to watch one hour?

King James Bible
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

New King James Version
Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?

New American Standard Bible
And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

NASB 1995
And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

NASB 1977
And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

Legacy Standard Bible
And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

Amplified Bible
And He came back and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Were you unable to keep watch for one hour?

Christian Standard Bible
Then he came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

American Standard Version
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he came and found them while they were sleeping and he said to Kaypha, “Shimeon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to watch one hour?”

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus came back and found the disciples sleeping, he said to Simon Peter, "Are you asleep? Can't you stay awake for just one hour?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou not watch one hour?

English Revised Version
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He went back and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

Good News Translation
Then he returned and found the three disciples asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Weren't you able to stay awake for even one hour?"

International Standard Version
When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Literal Standard Version
And He comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, “Simon, you sleep! You were not able to watch one hour!

Majority Standard Bible
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

New American Bible
When he returned he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

NET Bible
Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?

New Revised Standard Version
He came and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep awake one hour?

New Heart English Bible
He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldst not thou watch one hour?

Weymouth New Testament
Then He came and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Had you not strength to keep awake a single hour?

World English Bible
He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?

Young's Literal Translation
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

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Context
Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
36“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.” 37Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. Were you not able to keep watch for one hour? 38Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”…

Cross References
Mark 14:36
"Abba, Father," He said, "all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will."

Mark 14:38
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak."


Treasury of Scripture

And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, sleep you? could not you watch one hour?

and findeth.

Mark 14:40,41
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him…

Luke 9:31,32
Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem…

Luke 22:45,46
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, …

Simon.

Mark 14:29-31
But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I…

2 Samuel 16:17
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

couldest.

Jeremiah 12:5
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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Mark 14
1. A conspiracy against Jesus.
3. Expensive perfume is poured on his head by a woman.
10. Judas sells his Master for money.
12. Jesus himself foretells how he will be betrayed by one of his disciples;
22. after the passover prepared, and eaten, institutes his last supper;
26. declares beforehand the flight of all his disciples, and Peter's denial.
43. Judas betrays him with a kiss.
46. Jesus is apprehended in the garden;
53. falsely accused and impiously condemned of the council;
65. shamefully abused by them;
66. and thrice denied by Peter.














(37) Simon, sleepest thou?--Note that while St. Matthew and St. Luke give the question in the plural, St. Mark reports it in the singular, and joins it with the emphatic utterance of the name of the disciple. His report, too, includes the two questions which appear separately in the other two Gospels.

Verse 37. - And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? St. Luke says (Luke 22:45) that they were "sleeping for sorrow." So on the Mount of Transfiguration he says (Luke 9:32) that they were "heavy with sleep." This rebuke, which St. Mark tells us here was pointedly addressed to Peter, seems to glance at his earnest protestations of fidelity made not long before. And our Lord calls him by his old name of Simon. In St. Matthew (Matthew 26:40) it is less pointed; for there, while our Lord looks at Peter, he addresses them all. "He saith unto -Peter, What, could not ye watch with me one hour?" This is just one of those graphic little incidents which we may suppose St. Mark to have received directly from St. Peter.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[Jesus] returned
ἔρχεται (erchetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

found
εὑρίσκει (heuriskei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sleeping.
καθεύδοντας (katheudontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2518: To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.

“Simon,
Σίμων (Simōn)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4613: Simon. Of Hebrew origin; Simon, the name of nine Israelites.

are you asleep?”
καθεύδεις (katheudeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2518: To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.

He asked,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Were you not able
ἴσχυσας (ischysas)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2480: To have strength, be strong, be in full health and vigor, be able; meton: I prevail. From ischus; to have force.

to keep watch
γρηγορῆσαι (grēgorēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 1127: (a) I am awake (in the night), watch, (b) I am watchful, on the alert, vigilant. From egeiro; to keep awake, i.e. Watch.

for one
μίαν (mian)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

hour?
ὥραν (hōran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.


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