Matthew 26:45. Sleep on now. Not ‘do ye still sleep? ‘but a permission, i.e., Sleep on now, if you can. It is not ironical; the circumstances forbid that. They could not take their rest, for the betrayer was coming.

Behold, the hour is at hand. The hour of His enemies, the hour of darkness (Luke 22:53), but with special reference to the approach of the betrayer. It is not certain that the band of Judas had already appeared.

Is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Our Lord had predicted (chap. Matthew 20:18-19), that He would be delivered to the chief priests and Gentiles; ‘sinners ‘here includes both. There is special significance in the choice of this word at such a time.

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Old Testament