Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

In Christ’s day time was divided up into watches , which were divisions of the day and night. For example, Jesus was praying during the “fourth watch of the night” (Matt. 14:25), which in Roman time would have been between three and six o’clock in the morning. The second meaning of the word relates to a series of Roman guards being assigned to a specific location, called a “watch” (Matt. 27:65, KJV ). This meaning comes from the Greek word koustodia , which is a word from the Latin word for keeping custody, or guarding something. In Matthew 27:65 Pilate placed a watch of Roman guards at the tomb of Christ. The third meaning of watch is used in Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. This word watch means to stay awake and be alert. Christ was in the garden prior to His arrest and was warning the disciples to stay awake (while He prayed) to prevent temptation. In the story Peter, James, and John were with Christ, and all three were sleeping during Christ’s agonizing moments of intercession (Luke 22:45). When the Roman soldiers arrived with swords and lanterns, Peter arose swinging a sword and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest (v. 50). He neither watched (stayed alert) nor prayed, but he slept, and without Christ’s intervention of healing by placing the ear back on the head of Malchus, Peter could have been arrested —and that would have been the end of his ministry!