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Matthew 26:43
Matthew 26:43 is verse 43 of Matthew chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
King James Version
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
World English Bible
He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
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Matthew 26:41–45 · Berean Standard Bible
41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
42 A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
43 And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
45 Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 23:34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
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.”
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.
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.
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:7For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.