While They Were Sleeping
The Lord's Day Morning September 4, 2011 “While They Were Sleeping” Luke 22:39-26 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 22 as we continue our way through this gospel together. We are, this morning, on holy ground as we come upon the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Luke, simply says, that we are on the Mount of Olives. The other gospels tell us that it's not only on the Mount of Olives but in the Garden. The other gospels give us details that Luke does not give us because he compacts the narrative and focuses us in on specific things, and at the same time, Luke tells us some things here that the other gospel writers do not tell us. Luke alone, for instance, tells us of the angel sent from God to…