Matthew 26:45

“Then cometh he to his disciples, etc.] The three that were nearest to him, “the third time”, as Mark says, (<411441>Mark 14:41), and as it was; and saith unto them, sleep on now, and take your rest. The Evangelist Mark adds, “it is enough”, (<411441>Mark 14:41); which has induced some interpreters to think, that these words were spoken seriously by Christ: though the sense cannot be that they had watched sufficiently, and now might sleep, and take their rest, for they had not watched at all; but rather, that he had now no need of them, or their watching with him; the conflict was over for the present; or, as the Syriac version renders it, “the end is come”; and so the Arabic; and to the same…”

“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…”

“Sleep on now, if you can, and take your rest - For any farther service you can be of to me. Matthew 26:47”

“Sleep on: That is, as it is well paraphrased by Euthymius, "Since you have thus far failed to watch, sleep on the rest of the time, and take your rest, if you can." Kg1 18:27; Ecc 11:9 the hour: Mat 26:2, Mat 26:14, Mat 26:15; Mar 14:41, Mar 14:42; Luk 22:53; Joh 13:1, Joh 17:1 Matthew 26:46”