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And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take [your] rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Note 8 at Mr 14:41: Jesus' statement to His disciples to "sleep on now, and take your rest" was not speaking of physical sleep, as can be seen by His statement to them in Mr 14:42 to "rise up, let us go." He would not have told them to keep on sleeping and then wake them up.
Besides physically, the disciples had also been asleep spiritually; i.e., they had not been watching with Jesus in prayer as He had commanded them to (Mr 14:34). Jesus, in sorrow, acknowledged their failure and prophetically spoke of this condition continuing with His words "Sleep on now." The disciples didn't wake up spiritually until after Jesus' resurrection.

