<p>26:40&nbsp;<i>And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter: What- &quot;</i>Comes&hellip; and finds&quot; are the very words used of the Lord&rsquo;s coming in judgment to &lsquo;find&rsquo; the state of His people (21:19; 24:46 &ldquo;whom his Lord when He&nbsp;<i>comes</i>&nbsp;shall&nbsp;<i>find</i>&nbsp;so doing&rdquo;; Lk. 18:8 &ldquo;When the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith&hellip;?&rdquo;). And His &lsquo;coming&rsquo; to the disciples found them asleep and unprepared. This was exactly the picture of Mk. 13:36 (and Lk. 12:37), using the same Greek words: &ldquo;Watch&hellip; lest coming suddenly, He find you sleeping&rdquo;. We can be condemned in this life, as Peter was when he denied his Lord, and yet be saved out of it by repentance.</p><p><i>Could you not watch with me for one hour?</i>- Peter later urged his converts to &ldquo;be watchful&rdquo; (1 Pet. 5:8 RV), watching unto prayer as the end approaches (1 Pet. 4:7), as Peter had&nbsp;<i>not</i>&nbsp;been watchful in the garden and had earned the Lord&rsquo;s rebuke for going to sleep praying (Mt. 26:40,41). They were to learn from his mistake. Their watchfulness was to be because the devil was prowling around, seeking whom he could desire (1 Pet. 5:8). This was exactly the case with Peter: Satan desired to have him, he should have prayed for strength but didn&rsquo;t do so sufficiently (Lk. 22:31). He was warning his brethren that they were in exactly the situation he had been in, a few hours before he went into that fateful High Priest&rsquo;s house.&nbsp;</p><p>Paul was deeply moved by the Gethsemane record: 1 Thess. 5:6,7 = Mt. 26:40,41; Eph. 6:18 = 26:4;1 Acts 22:7= 26:39; 2 Cor. 6:10 = 26:37; 2 Cor. 12:8 = 26:44; Rom. 5:6 = 26:41; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6 = Mk. 14:36.</p>