Luke 22:40

40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

Luke 22:40 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:40

And when he was at the place
In the garden, at Gethsemane, which was at the foot of the Mount of Olives; he said unto them;
to the disciples, as the Persic version reads; pray that ye enter not into temptation.
This, according to the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, was said to them after he had prayed the first time, and returned to the disciples, and found them sleeping; (See Gill on Matthew 26:41).

Luke 22:40 In-Context

38 So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” He answered.

39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,

42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”