Luke 22:45

“And when he rose from prayer, etc.] The Syriac version reads, “from his prayer”, having finished it; and the Persic and Ethiopic versions read, “from the place of prayer”, or where he prayed: and was come to his disciples; to the three, which he had left about the distance of a stone's cast: he found them sleeping for sorrow; on his account; for he had signified unto them, how exceeding sorrowful he was; and they might perceive by his looks and gestures, the anxiety and distress of mind he was in, which must needs affect them; and besides, he had given them some intimations of his being to be betrayed by one of them, and of his sufferings and death, and speedy departure from them; and…”

“See the Matthew 26:30-46 notes; Mark 14:26-42 notes. Luke 22:43 Strengthening him - His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was “God,” how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature “alone” sustain the human? But the fact that he was “divine” does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit, the friend of God, and beloved of God, and holy, why, if he was a mere man, did not “God” sustain him alone, without an angel’s intervening? But the objection in neither case would have any force. The “man,…”

“22:45-46 Jesus’ agonized prayer contrasted with the disciples’ failure to be vigilant against temptation.”

“sleeping: Mat 26:40, Mat 26:43; Mar 14:37, Mar 14:40, Mar 14:41 Luke 22:46”