Mateo 26:43

43 Cuando volvió, otra vez los encontró dormidos, porque se les cerraban los ojos de sueño.

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 Estén alerta y oren para que no caigan en tentación. El espíritu está dispuesto, pero el cuerpo es débil».

42 Por segunda vez se retiró y oró: «Padre mío, si no es posible evitar que yo beba este trago amargo, hágase tu voluntad».

43 Cuando volvió, otra vez los encontró dormidos, porque se les cerraban los ojos de sueño.

44 Así que los dejó y se retiró a orar por tercera vez, diciendo lo mismo.

45 Volvió de nuevo a los discípulos y les dijo: «¿Siguen durmiendo y descansando? Miren, se acerca la hora, y el Hijo del hombre va a ser entregado en manos de pecadores.