Mar 14:41-45 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 14:41-42: 14:41-42 The content of Jesus’ prayer was probably the same as before (see 14:35-36 , 39 ). The third failure of Peter, James, and John to watch and pray recalls Jesus’ prediction that Peter would deny him three times (14:30 , 66-72 ). • The words sleep and have your rest can be interpreted as a command, as in the NLT. Others take it as an exclamation (“You are sleeping and resting!”). Still others take it as a rhetorical question (“Are you sleeping and resting?”). • the time (literally hour ) has come: The passion of Jesus had begun, the hour for pouring out the blood of the sacrificial lamb (14:24 ). This statement coincided with the arrival of Judas and the armed crowd seeking to seize Jesus. Jesus was betrayed into the hands of sinners for whom he willingly went to the cross (2:17 ; 10:45 ; 14:21 ). • Up, let’s be going: Jesus accepted the cup God had given him. He went out to defeat his enemies by dying for them.

Summary for Mark 14:41-42: 14:41-42 ^a The content of Jesus’ prayer was probably the same as before (see 14:35-36 ^b, 39 ^c). The third failure of Peter, James, and John to watch and pray recalls Jesus’ prediction that Peter would deny him three times (14:30 ^d, 66-72 ^e).

• The words sleep and have your rest can be interpreted as a command, as in the NLT. Others take it as an exclamation (“You are sleeping and resting!”). Still others take it as a rhetorical question (“Are you sleeping and resting?”).

• the time (literally hour) has come: The passion of Jesus had begun, the hour for pouring out the blood of the sacrificial lamb (14:24 ^f). This statement coincided with the arrival of Judas and the armed crowd seeking to seize Jesus. Jesus was betrayed into the hands of sinners for whom he willingly went to the cross (2:17 ^g; 10:45 ^h; 14:21 ⁱ).

• Up, let’s be going: Jesus accepted the cup God had given him. He went out to defeat his enemies by dying for them.
14:43 ^j Judas’s treachery in Jesus’ arrest is heightened by the reference to him as one of the twelve disciples. Having agreed with the leading priests to betray Jesus at the right time and place (14:10-11 ^k), he led an armed group to seize Jesus secretly at night apart from the people (14:1-2 ^l). Although they wanted to avoid a conflict, the crowd was large enough to quell any resistance by Jesus or his followers (cp. Luke 22:52 ^m; John 18:3 ⁿ).
Summary for Mark 14:44-45: 14:44-45 ^o Gethsemane was dark, and Jesus was personally unknown to most of the crowd sent to seize him (see John 18:7-8 ^p), so Judas had given a sign by which he would identify Jesus. Judas addressed Jesus as Rabbi and greeted him with a kiss, a common form of greeting (1 Sam 10:1 ^q; 2 Sam 19:39 ^r; Luke 7:45 ^s).