Matthew 26:43 “And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were…”

Matthew 26:43

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

American Standard Version

And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he came, and founde them a sleepe againe, for their eyes were heauie.

Darby Translation

And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Young's Literal Translation

and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Bible in Basic English

And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired.

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Cross references

“for”

Luke 9:32 Proverbs 23:34 Jonah 1:6 Acts 20:9 Romans 13:1 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8

Luke 9:32 · BSB

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

Proverbs 23:34 · BSB

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

Jonah 1:6 · BSB

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.”

Acts 20:9 · BSB

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.

Romans 13:1 · BSB

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.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–8 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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