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Mark 14:37

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Mark 14:37. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping.

Three choice guards - his bosom companions.

Mark 14:37. And saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

Matthew and Luke tell us that he said "Could ye not watch with me one hour?" and Mark tells us here that he especially said that to Peter. Now remember that Mark is the gospel of Peter. No doubt Mark was the great friend of Peter, and writes his gospel from Peter’s point, so Peter in the Gospel of Mark records the worst things about himself, and he just puts it here that the Master said, "Simon, sleepest thou?" Bad enough for the others to be asleep, but "Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour?"

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