The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak心有余而力不足。（马可福音 14：38）

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The Bible has been the most influential text in all of Western culture. It's difficult to understand medieval or early modern or much of modern literature without knowing it...

Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
from 2006 Bible Literary project

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It's not that it's impossible to read some writers without a Biblical background, but that you would miss a whole dimension to their work.

Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

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You can't really study Western literature intelligently or coherently without starting with the Bible.

Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

Prof. Roland M. Frye
from Shakespeare and the Christian Doctrine

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In English tradition and also for an American tradition begun by Puritan writers, a knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is even more crucial than classical references.

Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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There is no book more important for our culture than the Bible, and it is fundametal to the study of English literature and language.

Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
from the Bible and literature

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak心有余而力不足。（马可福音 14：38）

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圣经经文

Jesus said, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” “总要儆醒祷告、免得入了迷惑．你们心灵固然愿意、肉体却软弱了。”（马可福音 14：38）

意思

当我们说一个人精力不足无法完成工作时，我们就用The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak这句话来表示。

来源及应用

这句话源出于马可福音14：38，指我们的弱点在于难以抗拒引诱及身体上的软弱。在耶稣被捕前，耶稣的门徒彼得祈祷时睡着了。耶稣回来看到彼得没有留守就说，“總要儆醒禱告、免得入了迷惑．你們心靈固然願意、肉體卻軟弱了。”

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Keywords

denial deny Peter spirit weak

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The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak心有余而力不足。（马可福音 14：38）

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