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Jesus Prays at Gethsemane

Matthew 26:43

In 9 translations

BSB
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
KJV
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
WEB
He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
ASV
And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
LSV
and having come, He finds them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
YLT
and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
DBY
And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
DRC
And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy.
GNV
And he came, and founde them a sleepe againe, for their eyes were heauie.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εὗρεν (“He found”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εὑρίσκει (“He finds”).
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  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πάλιν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: πάλιν εὗρεν αὐτοὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πάλιν εὗρεν αὐτοὺς; Robinson–Pierpont read εὑρίσκει αὐτοὺς πάλιν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐλθὼν πάλιν εὗρεν αὐτοὺς καθεύδοντας, ἦσαν γὰρ αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι.
RP2018
Καὶ ἐλθὼν εὑρίσκει αὐτοὺς πάλιν καθεύδοντας· ἦσαν γὰρ αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐλθὼν εὑρίσκει αὐτοὺς πάλιν καθεύδοντας· ἦσαν γὰρ αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι.
SCR1894
και ελθων ευρισκει αυτους παλιν καθευδοντας ησαν γαρ αυτων οι οφθαλμοι βεβαρημενοι

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◆ Holy Week◆ Prayer and Betrayal in Gethsemane

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 9:32Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.
  • Jonah 1:6The 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.”
  • Proverbs 23:34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
  • Acts 20:9And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting…
  • Romans 13:1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

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