“ And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. ”
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...
Gethsemane ( Mark 14:32-42 *, Luke 22:39-46 ). Mt. is in closest agreement with Mk., except that he gives the words of the second prayer and states definitely that Jesus prayed a third time....
43. And found them sleeping again. This drowsiness arose neither from excessive eating and drinking, nor from gross stupidity, nor even from effeminate indulgence of the flesh, but rather—as...
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. Their eyes were heavy - That is, they could not keep them open. Was there nothing preternatural in this? Was there no influence her...
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 22:39-46 .
The Betrayal. The Last Supper. Arrest of Jesus, and Trial Before the High Priest 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus ( Mark 14:1 ; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1 ).
He came and found them asleep again. — The motive of this return we may reverently believe to have been, as before, the craving for human sympathy in that hour of awful agony. He does not now rouse...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
the Hour When the Flesh Was Weak Matthew 26:36-46 In human life there is a close connection between our hymns and our olive-presses. We pass from the supper to the garden, from the emblems to t...
The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucifie...
"Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. (37) And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and be...
And he came and found them asleep again ,.... 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...
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. Ver. 43. He came and found them asleep again ] After so sweet an admonition, so sovereign a reproof; who knows how often an inf...
He went away again the second time For the sorrow of his soul still continued; and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup , &c. If it be necessary, in pursuance of the great end for which I...
Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
The Agony in the Garden. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here,...
OLBGrk;OLBHeb; Ver. 42,43. Mark saith Mark 14:39,40 , And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy),...
Agony In The Garden (26:36-46). Jesus and His disciples arrive in Gethsemane. We who know what to expect recognise that the crucial hour has come, but it is salutary to recognise that prior to His...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 26:36 . Gethsemane = “the oil press.”—On the slope of the Mount of Olives. Probably there was, or had been, in it a press for the manufacture of olive oil. The identity o...
Matthew 26:36-46 Gethsemane. I. The first thing to which we direct attention, is the intense severity of the suffering which now overwhelmed and oppressed the mind of Christ. The extreme severity...
Matthew 26:14-15 . Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with hi...
Matthew 26:2 . After two day is the passover. This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα pascha, and the Hebrew word פסח pesach, because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb,...
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation Christian caution Who sleeps by a magazine of gunpowder needs to take care even of sparks. Who walks on ice, let him not go star-gazing, but...
EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM . Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the...
The continuation of the agony:
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 ; Acts 20:9 ; Jonah 1:6 ; Luke 9:32 ; Proverbs 23:34 ; Romans 13:1