Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. New Living Translation Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? English Standard Version And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Berean Standard Bible Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter. Berean Literal Bible And He comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping. And He says to Peter, "So, were you not able to watch with Me one hour? King James Bible And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? New King James Version Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? New American Standard Bible And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? NASB 1995 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? NASB 1977 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? Legacy Standard Bible And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? Amplified Bible And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not stay awake and keep watch with Me for one hour? Christian Standard Bible Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour? Holman Christian Standard Bible Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour? American Standard Version And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he came to his disciples and he found them as they slept and he said to Kaypha, “Could you not keep watch with me one hour?” Contemporary English Version He came back and found his disciples sleeping. So he said to Peter, "Can't any of you stay awake with me for just one hour? Douay-Rheims Bible And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me? English Revised Version And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? GOD'S WORD® Translation When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour? Good News Translation Then he returned to the three disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "How is it that you three were not able to keep watch with me for even one hour? International Standard Version When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you? Literal Standard Version And He comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping, and He says to Peter, “So! You were not able to watch with Me one hour! Majority Standard Bible Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter. New American Bible When he returned to his disciples he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “So you could not keep watch with me for one hour? NET Bible Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour? New Revised Standard Version Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? New Heart English Bible He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, could you not watch with me for one hour? Webster's Bible Translation And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith to Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Weymouth New Testament Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour! World English Bible He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour? Young's Literal Translation And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Prays at Gethsemane…39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” 40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “ Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter. 41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”… Cross References Matthew 26:38 Then He said to them, "My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me." Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak." Treasury of Scripture And he comes to the disciples, and finds them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? and findeth. Matthew 26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Song of Solomon 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. What. Matthew 26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. Judges 9:33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. 1 Samuel 26:15,16 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord… Jump to Previous Able Alas Asleep Awake Couldn't Disciples Findeth Finds Found Hour Peter Single Sleeping WatchJump to Next Able Alas Asleep Awake Couldn't Disciples Findeth Finds Found Hour Peter Single Sleeping WatchMatthew 26 1. Jesus foretells his own death.3. The rulers conspire against him. 6. The woman anoints his feet. 14. Judas bargains to betray him. 17. Jesus eats the Passover; 26. institutes his holy supper; 30. foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial; 36. prays in the garden; 47. and being betrayed by a kiss, 57. is carried to Caiaphas, 69. and denied by Peter. (40) He cometh unto the disciples.--Perhaps to both the groups--first of the three and then of the eight. All were alike sleeping--as St. Luke characteristically adds, "sleeping for sorrow." What, could ye not watch . . .?--Literally, Were ye thus unable to watch? St. Mark (Mark 14:37) individualises the words--"Simon, sleepest thou?" He had boasted of his readiness to do great things. He could not so much as rouse himself to watch for one hour. The last word may be fairly taken as partly measuring the time that had passed since their Master had left them. As the words are reported we must believe that the disciples were just so far roused as to hear them, and that they sank back powerless into slumber. Verse 40. - He cometh unto the disciples. He rose from prayer and returned to his three apostles, seeking their sympathy and the comfort of their presence in his lonely desolation. Findeth them asleep; sleeping. The comfort which his man's nature craved was denied him. St. Luke, the physician, says that the disciples were "sleeping for sorrow." Some great mental shock, some poignant distress, often produces a bodily stupor and sleep; but this is scarcely a valid excuse for such insensibility at this terrible crisis, especially as the Lord had urged them to watch (ver. 38). They had had a very trying day; Peter and John had undergone much bodily fatigue in preparing the last Supper; they were all weary, full of grief, and weighed down by foreboding; it was no wonder that they succumbed to these influences, though we might have expected that such as they would have risen superior to them. "The simple law, that extraordinary tension raises the highly developed spiritual life, while it stupefies the less developed, finds here its strongest illustration in the almost absolute contrast of spiritual watchfulness and sleep" (Lange). Saith unto Peter. Peter had been most forward in profession (vers. 33, 35); so Christ addresses him first. The other two, James and John, bad boldly asserted that they were able to drink of Christ's cup of suffering (Matthew 20:22); so they are included in the tender reproach. What (οὕτως), could ye not watch with me? So, could ye not, etc.? Is it so that? Are ye unable to do even this little thing for me? Truly a pathetic reproof! One hour. It may be that this first stage of the agony had lasted for an hour, but the term is more probably indefinite; or it may refer to the whole time of trial.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThenΚαὶ (Kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [Jesus] returned ἔρχεται (erchetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. disciples μαθητὰς (mathētas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. found εὑρίσκει (heuriskei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. them αὐτοὺς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. sleeping. καθεύδοντας (katheudontas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2518: To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep. “Were you not able ἰσχύσατε (ischysate) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2480: To have strength, be strong, be in full health and vigor, be able; meton: I prevail. From ischus; to have force. to keep watch γρηγορῆσαι (grēgorēsai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 1127: (a) I am awake (in the night), watch, (b) I am watchful, on the alert, vigilant. From egeiro; to keep awake, i.e. Watch. with μετ’ (met’) Preposition Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. Me ἐμοῦ (emou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. [for] one μίαν (mian) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. hour?” ὥραν (hōran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'. He asked λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. Peter. Πέτρῳ (Petrō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle. Links Matthew 26:40 NIVMatthew 26:40 NLT Matthew 26:40 ESV Matthew 26:40 NASB Matthew 26:40 KJV Matthew 26:40 BibleApps.com Matthew 26:40 Biblia Paralela Matthew 26:40 Chinese Bible Matthew 26:40 French Bible Matthew 26:40 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 26:40 He came to the disciples and found (Matt. Mat Mt) |