Matteo 26:44

44 E, lasciatili, andò di nuovo, ed orò la terza volta, dicendo le medesime parole.

Matteo 26:44 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:44

And he left them, and went away again
At some little distance from them; they being so overpowered with sleep, that he could have no conversation with them:

and prayed the third time;
as the Apostle Paul did, when under temptation, he prayed thrice that it might depart from him, ( 2 Corinthians 12:8 ) ,

saying the same words:
the Arabic version renders it, "in the words which he before expressed"; and Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads, "he said the same prayer"; not in the selfsame words, or in the express form he had before delivered it; for it is certain, that his second prayer is not expressed in the same form of words as the first: but the sense is, that he prayed to the same purpose; the matter and substance of his prayer was the same, namely, that he might be exempted from suffering; but if that could not be admitted of, he was desirous to be resigned to the will of his heavenly Father, and was determined to submit unto it.

Matteo 26:44 In-Context

42 Di nuovo, la seconda volta, egli andò, ed orò, dicendo: Padre mio, se egli non è possibile che questo calice trapassi da me, che io nol beva, la tua volontà sia fatta.

43 Poi, essendo di nuovo venuto, li trovò che dormivano; perciocchè i loro occhi erano aggravati.

44 E, lasciatili, andò di nuovo, ed orò la terza volta, dicendo le medesime parole.

45 Allora egli venne a’ suoi discepoli, e disse loro: Dormite pure da ora innanzi, e riposatevi; ecco, l’ora è giunta, e il Figliuol dell’uomo è dato nelle mani dei peccatori.

46 Levatevi, andiamo; ecco, colui che mi tradisce è vicino.