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Mark 14:41

Betrayal Begins

When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Mark 14:41 · Berean Standard Bible
What It Means

Mark 14:41, in plain English

Jesus comes back to find His friends sleeping one last time and tells them the moment He's been dreading has arrived.

Why it's here

This is the end of Jesus' prayer time in Gethsemane, where He asked His closest friends to stay awake with Him three times, and three times they fell asleep.

Who's speaking

Jesus is speaking to Peter, James, and John, gently but urgently waking them.

Where it sits in the story

Even though His friends couldn't stay awake for Him in His darkest hour, Jesus doesn't lash out. He simply says it's time to go face what's coming.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

Jesus returns a third time to find the disciples sleeping, declaring the eschatological hora (hour) has arrived and the Son of Man is being paradidotai (handed over) to sinners.

Language and setting

This concludes Jesus' Gethsemane vigil where He prayed three times while the disciples failed to watch. The phrase 'the hour has come' signals the appointed kairos for His passion.

Voice

Jesus addresses Peter, James, and John, the inner circle He brought deeper into Gethsemane.

Significance

Jesus has been agonizing in prayer while His closest friends repeatedly fall asleep. Now the moment of betrayal is imminent, and He rouses them to face it.

In context

Mark 14:39–43

39Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.

40And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

41When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

42Rise, let us go. See, My betrayer is approaching!”

43While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.

Read all of Mark 14 — A woman anoints Jesus with costly perfume while Judas negotiates his price. The Last Supper, Gethsemane, and Peter's denial unfold in rapid succession.

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