Matthieu 26:44

44 Et les ayant laissés, il s'en alla encore et pria pour la troisième fois, disant les mêmes paroles.

Matthieu 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.

Matthieu 26:44 In-Context

42 Il s'en alla encore pour la seconde fois, et pria disant: Mon Père, s'il n'est pas possible que cette coupe passe loin de moi sans que je la boive, que ta volonté soit faite.

43 En revenant à eux, il les trouva encore endormis; car leurs yeux étaient appesantis.

44 Et les ayant laissés, il s'en alla encore et pria pour la troisième fois, disant les mêmes paroles.

45 Alors il vint vers ses disciples et leur dit: Dormez désormais et vous reposez! Voici, l'heure est venue, et le Fils de l'homme va être livré entre les mains des méchants.

46 Levez-vous, allons; voici, celui qui me trahit s'approche.