Luke 22:45

And rising up from prayer, coming to the disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

In Context

44And being in agony, He prayed more fervently. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down onto the ground.

46Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise up and pray, lest you enter into temptation.” 1 Betrayal and Arrest at Gethsemane

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Cross References

Matthew 26:43And He came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy.

Mark 14:40And having returned, He found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what they should answer Him.

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:40-47

The Agony in the Garden. 39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony he… Read the whole commentary →

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