Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 114
114 his sweat started falling in drops. After this prayer he came over to his disciples. Since it is hard for a person to reveal his own shortcomings, lest the enemy should taunt him, here St. Luke puts a strange construction, though St. Marks makes no bones about it that the Messiah (peace be on him) time and again returned to the disciples exhorting them to wake up and pray but that they would not stir; St. Luke, however, seems to have felt that people would at once point out that the Messiah had a strange set of disciples who would not budge an inch, in spite of repeated reminders by the Messiah to be up and praying. In order, therefore, to counteract that impression, St. Luke says: "And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples he found them sleeping for sorrow;" (i. e. , they were so much overwhelmed with grief that they went to sleep). "And said unto them, why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. " is (According to St. Luke, it would mean that they were so much grief-stricken that they had fallen asleep on account of it. In other words, one in the grip of overwhelming grief prone to slumber and when he has no sorrow he prays. . It clearly shows that St. Luke wanted to counteract the reader's impression that the Messiah's disciples were not very much concerned about the Master even in his hour of misfortune and remained fast asleep. Therefore he inserted the words "he found them sleeping for sorrow" and the. Messiah said unto them: "Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation" (St. Luke, Ch. 22: 45-46). . FORCED ATONEMENT INVALID. This quotation also bears out that the Messiah (peace be on him) was not willing to suffer death on the Cross. The