Mark 14:40

40 And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.[a] They did not know what to say to Him.

Mark 14:40 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:40

And when he returned, he found them asleep again
Notwithstanding the expostulation he had used with them, the exhortation he had given them, and the danger he had suggested to them:

for their eyes were heavy:
with sleep and sorrow:

neither wist they what to answer him;
partly through confusion and shame, not knowing how to excuse themselves; and partly, through their being stupefied with sleep and grief.

Mark 14:40 In-Context

38 Stay awake and pray so that you won't enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
39 Once again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
40 And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to Him.
41 Then He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. Look, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Get up; let's go! See-My betrayer is near."

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit because their eyes were weighed down
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