<p>26:45&nbsp;<i>Then he came to the disciples and said to them: Sleep on now</i>- The Lord spoke this to them whilst they were asleep, because in :46 He asks them to arise. A lesser man than the Lord would've been bitterly disappointed, full of fear that His entire mission was open to failure if the material He had so especially focused upon saving was so incredibly weak. But instead in tenderness He speaks to them as a loving parent speaks to their sleeping children. For this seems the only credible interpretation of His words- for immediately afterwards He tells them to awake.&nbsp;</p><p><i>And take your rest</i>- Seeing the Lord proceeds to immediately awake them from sleep, He must have had some other idea in view apart from taking literal rest. Surely He had in view His earlier invitation to His followers to find rest in Him (11:28); He knew that He was dying so that they might have this ultimate rest to their souls.&nbsp;</p><p><i>The hour is at hand</i>- Gk. 'is approaching'. Perhaps the Lord noticed the approach of Judas and the soldiers. Mk. 14:41 has &quot;the hour is come&quot;. 'It is approaching... it has come' would be an appropriate thing to say in soliloquy as the Lord saw the men approaching closer.&nbsp;<i>Eggizo</i>, &ldquo;is at hand&rdquo;, is the very word used specifically about Judas in :46: &ldquo;He is at hand that betrays Me&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p><p><i>And the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners</i>- Remember that the Greek word behind 'betrayal' means simply to be handed over. Earlier the Lord had spoken of being handed over into the hand or power of men (17:22), to the chief priests (20:18), to the Gentiles (Mk. 10:33). But now the Lord introduces a moral dimension- He was to be handed over into the power of sin, but would break that power by His resurrection. For the resurrection of the Lord was not simply a vindication of Himself against men, but against the power of sin. And this is what opens up the path to deliverance for all likewise under the power of sin. Surely Heb. 2:14 had this in mind when speaking of how the Lord destroyed &quot;him that had the power of death, that is, the devil&quot;- sin manifested in the powers of Rome and Judaism.&nbsp;</p>