Matthew 26 · Verse 43

Matthew 26:43

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Matthew 26:43, King James Version

Matthew 26:43 in other translations

BSBAnd again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
WEBHe came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
ASVAnd he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
YLTand having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
DARBYAnd coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
BBEAnd he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired.
WebsterAnd he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

What does Matthew 26:43 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 43. Mt 26:42

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 43 Their eyes were heavy - That is, they could not keep them open. Was there nothing preternatural in this? Was there no influence here from the powers of darkness?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 26:36-46

He who made atonement for the sins of mankind, submitted himself in a garden of suffering, to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garden of pleasure. Christ took with him into that part of the garden where he suffered his agony, only those who had witnessed his glory in his transfiguration. Those are best prepared to suffer with Christ, who have by faith beheld his glory. The words used denote the most…

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Matthew 26:43 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
ἐλθὼνelthōnhaving comeG2064
πάλινpalinagainG3825
εὗρενheurenHe foundG2147
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846
καθεύδοντας·katheudontassleeping;G2518
ἦσανēsanwereG1510
γὰρgarforG1063
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
οἱhoitheG3588
ὀφθαλμοὶophthalmoieyesG3788
βεβαρημένοι.¶bebarēmenoiwearied.G916

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

Cross references for Matthew 26:43

  • Luke 9:32

    But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

  • Acts 20:9

    And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

    Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

  • Jonah 1:6

    So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

  • Romans 13:1

    Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

  • Proverbs 23:34

    Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
for.
Pr 23:34; Jon 1:6; Lu 9:32; Ac 20:9; Ro 13:1; 1Th 5:6-8

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

Context

  • Matthew 26:42

    He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

  • Matthew 26:43

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

  • Matthew 26:44

    And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

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Matthew 26:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vino, y los halló otra vez durmiendo; porque los ojos de ellos estaban agravados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et étant venu, il les trouva de nouveau dormant; car leurs yeux étaient appesantis.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als er kam, fand er sie wiederum schlafend, denn ihre Augen waren beschwert.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et venit iterum, et invenit eos dormientes: erant enim oculi eorum gravati.