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Mark 14:41 Explained in Context
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Verse 41. 41And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Quick Meaning
This verse develops the unit at Mark 14:41 in “Jesus Prays in Gethsemane while Disciples Sleep”: “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come;…”.
Read It With
- Mark 14:32-42
Read Mark 14:41 with 14:32-42. This verse develops the unit at Mark 14:41 in “Jesus Prays in Gethsemane while Disciples Sleep”: “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come;…”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: At Gethsemane Jesus takes three disciples, expresses crushing sorrow, prays that the cup might pass yet yields to the Father's will, finds them asleep three times, and announces the betrayer's arrival.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse develops the unit at Mark 14:41 in “Jesus Prays in Gethsemane while Disciples Sleep”: “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come;…”. This specific contribution advances Mark 14:32-42 toward its narrated or taught result.
What Remains True
Jesus brings crushing sorrow and an unforced desire for another path into prayer, then freely yields to the Father's vocation as disciples fail to watch. At Mark 14:41, develops the unit at Mark 14:41 in “Jesus Prays in Gethsemane while Disciples Sleep”: “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come;…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Mark 14:41, tell the truth about anguish, seek companionship and help, and never use Jesus' submission to demand compliance with a human abuser. This verse contributes to that response because it develops the unit at Mark 14:41 in “Jesus Prays in Gethsemane while Disciples Sleep”: “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come;…”.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 14:32-42, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 14:32-42
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NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 14:32-42 and attached translator/textual notes
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