Mark 14:41 And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

How many times in Gethsemane does Jesus leave Peter, James, and John to pray and come back to find them sleeping?

Three times (14:41)

What does Jesus ask them when He comes the third time?

“Are you still sleeping (καθεύδετε) and taking your rest (ἀναπαύεσθε)?” (14:41a)

καθεύδω – To cease being awake, to sleep (BDAG, 490)

ἀναπαύω – To take one’s rest, rest, of person’s who are drowsy {BDAG, 69)

How does Jesus respond after His question?

“It is enough (ἀπέχει); the hour (ἡ ὤρα) has come (ἦλθεν)” (14:41b)

ἀπέχω – To meet the need of the moment, to suffice, be enough

ὤρα – 1. An undefined period of time in a day, time of day

            2.  A period of time as division of a day, hour

            3.  A point of time as an occasion for an event, time (BDAG, 1103)

How does Jesus describe the hour that has come?

“…The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners” (Mark 14:41c).

How had Jesus previously warned His disciples about this hour in Jerusalem?

“They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, ‘The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.’ But they did not understand the saying and were afraid to ask him” (Mark 9:30-32).

“And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise” (Mark 10:32-34).

In the messianic prediction recorded in Daniel 7:13-14, how is the Messiah described?

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”

Father,

You are the One True God who reveals prophecy and fulfills it in Your perfect time, according to Your eternal plan, as it was recorded through Your servants in Your Word, revealing Your divine power and perfect knowledge. You know the beginning and the end. The nations and times are in Your hands, instruments to accomplish Your eternal, unthwartable purposes. Glory to You and to Jesus the Messiah, Son of God and Son of Man. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.