Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. (Spanish proverb)

To be prepared; to be instant; to be ready; to be persistent; to be insistent. The word "prepared" (epistēthi) means to "take a stand, to stand upon it or up to it, to carry on, to stick to it"

In this sermon Dr. Wright draws the lessons out of Mark 14:1-16