Matthew 26:43

And coming He finds them sleeping again, because their eyes had been weighed down.

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

42And going away a second time He prayed saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, let your will be done.”

44So leaving them He went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

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Cross References

Acts 20:9Well a certain young man named Eutychus sat in a window and was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking; when he was overcome by the sleep he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay alert and 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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