Matthew 26:43

And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

In Context

42Again going away a second time he prayed saying, My Father, if this cannot pass [from me] unless I drink it, thy will be done.

44And leaving them, he went away again and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

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Cross References

Jonah 1:6And the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, sleeper? arise, call upon thy God; perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not.

Acts 20:9And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.

1 Thessalonians 5:6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:37-47

The Agony in the Garden. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →

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