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A Deeper Lord's Prayer
Commentators highlight that Jesus' command, "Pray that you do not enter into temptation," directly echoes the Lord's Prayer. At this critical moment, Jesus was teaching his disciples to pray that familiar petition with a new and profound understanding of its urgency and meaning, as they faced an imminent and severe trial.
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Luke
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AT Robertson
On Luke 22:40
At the place (επ του τοπου). The place of secret prayer which was dear to Jesus.
Pray that ye enter not into tempta…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 22:40
19th Century
Bishop
When he was at the place.—See Notes on Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32–38. It is noticeable that St. Luke neither gives th…
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 22:40
19th Century
Preacher
And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
He knew what severe temptation meant, and …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 22:40
Luke focuses his attention here on Jesus, who went to the Mount of Olives “as usual” (cf. 21:37). He did not change his habits to elude Judas.
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John Gill
On Luke 22:40
17th Century
Pastor
And when he was at the place In the garden, at Gethsemane, which was at the foot of the Mount of Olives;
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Matthew Henry
On Luke 22:39–46
17th Century
Minister
Every description that the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict proves the tremendous nature of the a…