Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 26:40 Findeth them asleep. Peter, James and John, soldiers placed on duty in an hour of dreadful peril and bidden to "watch". Luke says they were sleeping from sorrow (Luke 22:45). Great sorrow stupefies. Dr. Rush says that criminals usually sleep soundly the night before execution.
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 26:40:
Matthew 26:40
Mark 14:32-42
Luke 22:39-46
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