Mateo 26:43

43 Cuando regresó de nuevo adonde estaban ellos, los encontró dormidos porque no podían mantener los ojos abiertos.

Mateo 26:43 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:43

And he came and found them asleep again
For they were aroused and awaked, in some measure, by what he had said to them; but no sooner was he gone but they fell asleep again, and thus he found them a second time; or, "he came again and found them asleep"; so read the Vulgate Latin, the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel:

for their eyes were heavy;
with sleep through fatigue, sorrow Mark adds, "neither wist they what to answer him", ( Mark 14:40 ) ; they were so very sleepy, they knew not how to speak; or they were so confounded, that he should take them asleep a second time, after they had had such a reproof, and exhortation from him, that they knew not what answer to make him; who probably rebuked them again, or gave them a fresh exhortation.

Mateo 26:43 In-Context

41 Velen y oren para que no cedan ante la tentación, porque el espíritu está dispuesto, pero el cuerpo es débil».

42 Entonces Jesús los dejó por segunda vez y oró:

43 Cuando regresó de nuevo adonde estaban ellos, los encontró dormidos porque no podían mantener los ojos abiertos.

44 Así que se fue a orar por tercera vez y repitió lo mismo.

45 Luego se acercó a sus discípulos y les dijo: