40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
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And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
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.
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-46)Hitherto, we have seen the preparatives for Christ’s sufferings; now, we enter upon the bloody scene. In these verses we have the story of his agony in the garden. This was the beginning of sorrows to our Lord Jesus. Now the sword of the Lord began to awake against the man that was his Fellow; and how should it be quiet when the Lord had given it a charge ? The clouds had been gathering a good whi…
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