Luke 22:45
New International Version
When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

New Living Translation
At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief.

English Standard Version
And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow,

Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

Berean Literal Bible
And having risen up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the grief.

King James Bible
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

New King James Version
When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.

New American Standard Bible
When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

NASB 1995
When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

NASB 1977
And when He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

Legacy Standard Bible
And when He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

Amplified Bible
When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

Christian Standard Bible
When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

American Standard Version
And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,

Contemporary English Version
Jesus got up from praying and went over to his disciples. They were asleep and worn out from being so sad.

English Revised Version
And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Jesus ended his prayer, he got up and went to the disciples. He found them asleep and overcome with sadness.

Good News Translation
Rising from his prayer, he went back to the disciples and found them asleep, worn out by their grief.

International Standard Version
When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

Majority Standard Bible
When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

NET Bible
When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

New Heart English Bible
When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he arose from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow:

Weymouth New Testament
When He rose from his prayer and came to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow.

World English Bible
When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And having risen up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the sorrow,

Berean Literal Bible
And having risen up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the grief.

Young's Literal Translation
And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,

Smith's Literal Translation
And having risen from prayer, having come to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when he had risen up from prayer and had gone to his disciples, he found them sleeping out of sorrow.

New American Bible
When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.

New Revised Standard Version
When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then he rose up from his prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them sleeping because of distress.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he arose from his prayer and he came to his disciples and found them sleeping from the anguish.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he arose from prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them asleep for sorrow.

Godbey New Testament
And having risen from prayer, having come to His disciples, He found them sleeping on account of weariness,

Haweis New Testament
And when he rose up from prayer, on coming to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.

Mace New Testament
then rising from prayer, he came to his disciples, and finding them asleep, oppress'd with grief, why do you sleep?

Weymouth New Testament
When He rose from his prayer and came to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow.

Worrell New Testament
And, arising from prayer, and coming to the disciples, He found them sleeping for grief,

Worsley New Testament
And when He rose up from prayer, He came to his disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”…

Cross References
Matthew 26:40
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.

Mark 14:37
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Mark 14:38
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

Romans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Proverbs 6:9-11
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? / A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, / and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Isaiah 56:10
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

Jonah 1:6
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

1 Corinthians 16:13
Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

Revelation 3:2-3
Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. / Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

Proverbs 24:33-34
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, / and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.


Treasury of Scripture

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

sleeping.

Matthew 26:40,43
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? …

Mark 14:37,40,41
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? …

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Luke 22
1. The leaders conspire against Jesus.
3. Satan prepares Judas to betray him.
7. The apostles prepare the Passover.
19. Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21. covertly foretells of the traitor;
24. rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;
31. assures Peter his faith should not fail;
34. and yet he should deny him thrice.
39. He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;
47. is betrayed with a kiss;
50. he heals Malchus' ear;
54. he is thrice denied by Peter;
63. shamefully abused;
66. and confesses himself to be the Son of God.














When Jesus rose from prayer
This phrase highlights the transition from Jesus' intense prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane to His interaction with the disciples. The Greek word for "rose" (ἀναστὰς, anastas) implies a deliberate action, signifying Jesus' readiness to face the events that were about to unfold. His prayer was a moment of deep communion with the Father, reflecting His human vulnerability and divine submission. This moment underscores the importance of prayer as a source of strength and preparation for the trials ahead.

and returned to the disciples
The act of returning to the disciples signifies Jesus' continual care and leadership. Despite His own anguish, He remains attentive to His followers. The Greek word for "returned" (ἐλθὼν, elthon) suggests a purposeful movement, emphasizing Jesus' role as the shepherd who does not abandon His flock. This reflects the biblical theme of God's faithfulness and the call for leaders to remain steadfast in guiding those entrusted to them.

He found them asleep
The disciples' sleep is a poignant reminder of human frailty. The Greek word for "asleep" (καθεύδοντας, katheudontas) indicates a physical and spiritual unawareness. Despite Jesus' earlier exhortation to stay awake and pray, the disciples succumb to exhaustion. This moment serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of spiritual lethargy and the need for vigilance in the Christian life, especially in times of trial.

exhausted from sorrow
This phrase captures the depth of the disciples' emotional state. The Greek word for "exhausted" (ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης, apo tēs lypēs) conveys a sense of being overwhelmed by grief. Their sorrow is linked to the realization of Jesus' impending suffering and their own inability to fully comprehend or support Him. This highlights the human tendency to be overcome by emotions, and the need for reliance on God's strength. It also points to the compassion of Christ, who understands and empathizes with our weaknesses.

(45) He found them sleeping for sorrow.--It is, perhaps, again characteristic of St. Luke, that while the other Gospels state simply the fact that the disciples slept, he assigns it psychologically and physiologically to its cause. Prolonged sorrow has, at last, a numbing and narcotising effect. (See Note on "believing not for joy," Luke 24:41.)

Verses 45, 46. - He found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The events of the past evening; the long excitement stirred up by listening to such words as their Master had been speaking to them during the sad hours of the Last Supper; the sure consciousness of coming sorrow; then the walk through the silent city: - all predisposed them to sleep. Commentators are never weary with pressing these excuses for the slumber of the eleven at that awful moment. But all these things, though they may well have predisposed them to slumber, are not sufficient to account for that strange heavy sleep which seems to have paralyzed the eleven in Gethsemane. In spite of their Master's solemn injunction to watch and pray, he finds them, several times during that dreadful watch of his in the garden, asleep, in spite of his asking them for sympathy and prayer, in spite of his evident longing for their sympathy - each time he cast his eyes on them, he sees them, not watching, but sleeping! Many a time in their work-filled lives those fishermen he loved so well, John and Peter and Andrew, had toiled all night with their nets; but on this night of sorrow, when their pleading voices were listened for, possibly their hand-press waited for, their silent sympathy certainly longed for, they slept, seemingly forgetful of all save their own ease and comfort. Surely on this night of temptation they were influenced by some invisible power, who lulled them to sleep during those precious moments when they should have been agonizing with their Master in prayer, and so arming themselves against the supreme moment of temptation just coming upon them. But swayed by the power of evil of whom the Lord had been warning them, but in vain, they let the moments slip by, and the hour of temptation came on them unawares. We know how grievously they all fell.

"'Forsake the Christ thou sawest transfigured! him
Who trod the sea and brought the dead to life?
What should wring this from thee?' - ye laugh and ask.
What wrung it? Even a torchlight and a noise,
The sudden Roman faces, violent hands,

And fear of what the Jews might do! Just that;
And it is written, 'I forsook and fled:'
There was my trial, and it ended thus ."


(Browning, 'A Death in the Desert.')

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
When
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[Jesus] rose
ἀναστὰς (anastas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 450: To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

prayer
προσευχῆς (proseuchēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4335: From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory.

[and] returned
ἐλθὼν (elthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine 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.

He found
εὗρεν (heuren)
Verb - Aorist 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.

asleep,
κοιμωμένους (koimōmenous)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2837: From keimai; to put to sleep, i.e. to slumber; figuratively, to decease.

exhausted from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

sorrow.
λύπης (lypēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3077: Pain, grief, sorrow, affliction. Apparently a primary word; sadness.


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