Mark 14:27–42 sets two truths side by side. Before any disciple fails, Jesus promises to go ahead of them to Galilee after He rises—grace that runs ahead of failure and outlasts it. Then in Gethsemane, the one man who will not fall away wrestles in prayer while those who swore loyalty fall asleep. The contrast is the point: we are kept not by the strength of our resolve but by the faithfulness of the Shepherd who was struck in our place, prayed through the hour we slept through, and rose to gather us still. This is prevailing grace and persistent prayer.