Luke 22:45

45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

Luke 22:45 in Other Translations

45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow,

45 At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief.

45 He got up from prayer, went back to the disciples and found them asleep, drugged by grief.

45 When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

Luke 22:45 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:45

And when he rose from prayer
The Syriac version reads, "from his prayer", having finished it; and the Persic and Ethiopic versions read, "from the place of prayer", or where he prayed: and was come to his disciples;
to the three, which he had left about the distance of a stone's cast: he found them sleeping for sorrow;
on his account; for he had signified unto them, how exceeding sorrowful he was; and they might perceive by his looks and gestures, the anxiety and distress of mind he was in, which must needs affect them; and besides, he had given them some intimations of his being to be betrayed by one of them, and of his sufferings and death, and speedy departure from them; and because of these things, sorrow had filled their hearts, and this had induced heaviness and sleep upon them; (See Gill on Matthew 26:40).

Luke 22:45 In-Context

43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,