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Commentaries on Luke 22:40

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And when he was at the place,.... In the garden, at Gethsemane, which was at the foot of the Mount of Olives; he said unto them; to the disciples, as the Persic version reads; pray that ye enter not into temptation. This, according to the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, was said to them after he had prayed the first time, and returned to the disciples, and found them sleeping; [See comments on...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

All the evangelists, whatever they omit, give us a particular account of the death and resurrection of Christ, because he died for our sins and rose for our justification, this evangelist as fully as any, and with many circumstances and passages added which we had not before. In this chapter we have, I. The plot to take Jesus, and Judas's coming into it, ver. 1-6. II. Christ's eating the passover...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. “There is a peculiar temptation coming upon you. I have taught you to pray every day, ‘Lead us not into temptation;’ but, tonight, make very special use of that petition: ‘Pray that ye enter not into...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. He knew what sore temptation meant, and he was about to feel it at its utmost, and he therefore exhorted his disciples to pray even as he had formerly taught them in the model prayer, “Lead us not into temptation.”