Why sleep ye? (Τ καθευδετε; ). This reproach Luke gives, but not the almost bitter details in Mr 14:37-42;[Reference Matthew 26:40…

Why sleep ye?—St. Luke is here briefer than the other two records, and omits the threefold prayer and warning, and the wo…

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and p…

Theophylact of Ohrid: To make the power of prayer known to us, so that we may use it in adversity, our Lord is comforted by…

Luke does not dwell on the weakness of the disciples, nor does he describe in further detail Jesus’ agony. He does explain the disciples’ sleep as …

And said unto them, why sleep you ?
&c.] The Arabic version prefaces this with these words, "and he awaked them"; an…

Every description that the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict proves the tremendous nature of the a…