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Matthew 26:43

Exhaustion

41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

42 A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.

44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

45 Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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BSB
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
KJV
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
WEB
He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
ASV
And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
DARBY
And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
BLB
And having come again, He found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
ÅB
Og han kom og fant dem sovende igjen, for øynene deres var tunge.
OTB
Igjen kom han tilbake og fant dem sovende, for øynene deres var tunge.
B1930
Og han kom og fant dem atter sovende; for deres øine var tunge.

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Cross references

  • Luke 9:32

    Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.

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  • Acts 20:9

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8

    So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

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  • Jonah 1:6

    The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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  • Romans 13:1

    Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

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  • Proverbs 23:34

    You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

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