Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep.
The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Then He came and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, »Simon, are you asleep? Had you not strength to keep awake a single hour?
When He returned He again found them asleep, for they were very tired; and they knew not how to answer Him.
»But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;
When He rose from his prayer and came to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow.
For this reason it is said, »Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you.«
