Matthew 26:43
He went back and found them sleeping, for they just couldn't stay awake.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
In Context
44So he left them once more, and went off and prayed a third time, repeating the same things.
Cross References
Jonah 1:6The ship's captain went to Jonah and asked him, “How can you be sleeping? Get up and pray to your God. Maybe he will take notice of what's happening to us and we won't drown.”
Acts 20:9A young man called Eutychus was sitting in the window, and he began feeling very sleepy. As Paul went on speaking he fell sound asleep and tumbled down from the third story. When they picked him up they found he was dead.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then we shouldn't be sleeping like everybody else—we should stay awake and keep ourselves clear-headed.
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 →