Mark 14:40
 Mark 14:40 
New International Version (©2011)
When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When he returned to them again, he found them sleeping, for they couldn't keep their eyes open. And they didn't know what to say.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to Him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

NET Bible (©2006)
When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And returning, he came again and found them sleeping because their eyes were heavy, and they did not know what to say to him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He found them asleep because they couldn't keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him.

American King James Version
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him.

American Standard Version
And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he returned, he found them again asleep, (for their eyes were heavy,) and they knew not what to answer him.

Darby Bible Translation
And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him.

English Revised Version
And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they wist not what to answer him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he returned, he found them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy:) neither knew they what to answer him.

Weymouth New Testament
When He returned He again found them asleep, for they were very tired; and they knew not how to answer Him.

World English Bible
Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.

Young's Literal Translation
and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:32-42 Christ's sufferings began with the sorest of all, those in his soul. He began to be sorely amazed; words not used in St. Matthew, but very full of meaning. The terrors of God set themselves in array against him, and he allowed him to contemplate them. Never was sorrow like unto his at this time. Now he was made a curse for us; the curses of the law were laid upon him as our Surety. He now tasted death, in all the bitterness of it. This was that fear of which the apostle speaks, the natural fear of pain and death, at which human nature startles. Can we ever entertain favourable, or even slight thoughts of sin, when we see the painful sufferings which sin, though but reckoned to him, brought on the Lord Jesus? Shall that sit light upon our souls, which sat so heavy upon his? Was Christ in such agony for our sins, and shall we never be in agony about them? How should we look upon Him whom we have pierced, and mourn! It becomes us to be exceedingly sorrowful for sin, because He was so, and never to mock at it. Christ, as Man, pleaded, that, if it were possible, his sufferings might pass from him. As Mediator, he submitted to the will of God, saying, Nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt; I bid it welcome. See how the sinful weakness of Christ's disciples returns, and overpowers them. What heavy clogs these bodies of ours are to our souls! But when we see trouble at the door, we should get ready for it. Alas, even believers often look at the Redeemer's sufferings in a drowsy manner, and instead of being ready to die with Christ, they are not even prepared to watch with him one hour.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 40. - And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy (καταβαρυνόμενοι): literally, weighed down. They had not deliberately yielded themselves to sleep; but an oppressive languor, the effect of great sorrow, had come over them, so that they could not watch as they desired to do; but by an involuntary action they ever and anon slumbered. They wist not what to answer him. They had no excuse, save that which he himself had found for them.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.


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Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
39And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke the same words. 40And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him. 41And he comes the third time, and said to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Mark 14:39 Once more he went away and prayed the same thing.
Mark 14:41 Returning the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.
Luke 9:32 Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.