Matthew 26:43

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Matthew 26:43 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Matthew 26:43 — American Standard Version

Context — Matthew 26

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
43And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And he came and found them asleep again, etc.] For they were aroused and awaked, in some measure, by what he had said to them; but no sooner was he gone but they fell asleep again, and thus he found them a second time; or, “he came again and found them asleep”; so read the Vulgate Latin, the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and Munster’s Hebrew Gospel: for their eyes were heavy; with sleep through fatigue, sorrow, etc. Mark adds, “neither wist they what to answer him”, (<411440>Mark 14:40); they were so very sleepy, they knew not how to speak; or they were so confounded, that he should take them asleep a second time, after they had had such a reproof, and exhortation from him, that…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane - This account is also recorded in Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1. Matthew 26:36 Then cometh ... - After the institution of the Lord’s Supper, in the early part of the night, he went out to the Mount of Olives. In his journey he passed over the brook Cedron John 18:1, which bounded Jerusalem on the east. Unto a place - John calls this “a garden.” This garden was on the western side of the Mount of Olives, and a short distance from Jerusalem. The word used by John means not properly a garden for the cultivation of vegetables, but a place planted with the olive and other trees, perhaps with a fountain of water, and with walks and groves; a proper place of…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“for: Pro 23:34; Jon 1:6; Luk 9:32; Act 20:9; Rom 13:1; Th1 5:6-8 Matthew 26:44”
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