Daniel Whedon 41. Watch The words wake and watch are different forms of the same term. Yet to watch is more than to be awake. It implies that our wakeful powers are exerted to guard against the evil. Pray While we exert our own energies against the evil powers, let us also supplicate divine aid. That ye enter not into temptation As a fragile boat would avoid the rocks and rifts, so should the feeble Christian avoid the dangers of trials that may wreck him. The spirit Of the sincere but... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:41
41. Watch The words wake and watch are different forms of the same term. Yet to watch is more than to be awake. It implies that our wakeful powers are exerted to guard against the evil. Pray While we exert our own energies against the evil powers, let us also supplicate divine aid. That ye enter not into temptation As a fragile boat would avoid the rocks and rifts, so should the feeble Christian avoid the dangers of trials that may wreck him. The spirit Of the sincere but... read more