Luke 22 · Verse 45

Luke 22:45

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
Luke 22:45, King James Version

Luke 22:45 in other translations

BSBWhen Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
WEBWhen he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief,
ASVAnd when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,
YLTAnd having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,
DARBYAnd rising up from his prayer, coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.
BBEAnd, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.
WebsterAnd when he arose from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow:

What does Luke 22:45 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 45. Sleeping for sorrow. On account of the greatness of their sorrow. Mt 26:40.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 22:39-46

Every description which the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict, proves the tremendous nature of the assault, and the perfect foreknowledge of its terrors possessed by the meek and lowly Jesus. Here are three things not in the other evangelists. 1. When Christ was in his agony, there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. It was a part of his…

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Luke 22:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἀναστὰςanastashaving risen upG450
ἀπὸapofromG575
τῆςtēstheG3588
προσευχῆς,proseuchēsprayer,G4335
ἐλθὼνelthōnhaving comeG2064
πρὸςprostoG4314
τοὺςtoustheG3588
μαθητὰςmathētasdisciplesG3101
εὗρενheurenHe foundG2147
κοιμωμένουςkoimōmenoussleepingG2837
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846
ἀπὸapofromG575
τῆςtēstheG3588
λύπηςlupēsgriefG3077

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 22:45

  • Mark 14:40-41

    And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

  • Matthew 26:43

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

  • Matthew 26:40

    And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

  • Mark 14:37

    And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sleeping.
Mt 26:40,43; Mr 14:37,40,41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 22:44

    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  • Luke 22:45

    And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

  • Luke 22:46

    And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

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Luke 22:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como se levantó de la oración, y vino á sus discípulos, hallólos durmiendo de tristeza;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et s’étant levé de sa prière, il vint vers les disciples, qu’il trouva endormis de tristesse;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er stand auf vom Gebet, kam zu den Jüngern und fand sie eingeschlafen vor Traurigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et cum surrexisset ab oratione et venisset ad discipulos suos, invenit eos dormientes præ tristitia.