Day1
Mark14:35-37
“And going a little farther, He fell on the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the [fatal] hour might pass from Him. And He was saying, Abba, [which means] Father, everything is possible for You. Take away this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You [will]. And He came back and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, Simon, are you asleep? Have you not the strength to keep awake and watch [with Me for] one hour?”
Mark 14:35-37 AMPC
Cross references
Matthew 26:36–46; Luke 22:39–46; mark 14:41; Hebrews 5:7; Galatians 4:6; John 5:30
A moment
Can we go a little further?
Pray a little longer? An hour here is not a literal translation. It is not necessarily 60 minutes.
An hour was the twelfth part of the day, reckoning from sunrise to sunset, and consequently it perpetually varied in length.
Hour [S]
First found in Daniel 3:6 ; Daniel 4:19 Daniel 4:33 Daniel 5:5 . It is the rendering of the Chaldee shaah, meaning a "moment," a "look." It is used in the New Testament frequently to denote some determinate season ( Matthew 8:13 ; Luke 12:39 ).
With the ancient Hebrews the divisions of the day were "morning, evening, and noon-day" ( Psalms 55:17 , etc.). The Greeks, following the Babylonians
divided the day into twelve hours. The Jews, during the Captivity, learned also from the Babylonians this method of dividing time. When Judea became subject to the Romans, the Jews adopted the Roman mode of reckoning time. The night was divided into four watches ( Luke 12:38 ; Matthew 14:25 ; 13:25 ). Frequent allusion is also made to hours ( Matthew 25:13 ; 26:40 ,see DAY)
It seems that during our most earnest time of need it is the hardest to pray. There are so many distractions and when we are in anguish, it is even more difficult.
We now have the gift of the Holy Spirit to pray for us when we are weak and when we don’t know what to pray.
When you are tempted to sleep during prayer time, just go a little further. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you.
Just a little further!
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