Mark 14:40

40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy), nor did they know what to answer 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 Watch ye and pray; enter not into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is sick.

39 And again he went away and prayed and spoke the same words.

40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy), nor did they know what to answer him.

41 And he came the third time and said unto them, Sleep on now and rest; it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of the sinners.

42 Rise up, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.