Very heavy (καταβαρυνομενο). Perfective use of κατα- with the participle. Matthew has the simple verb. Mark's word is only here in…

Neither wist they, etc. Neither knew they. They were so conscious of the impropriety of sleeping at that time, that they could no…

How could they excuse their conduct? A second time asleep!

They were in a muddled state.

Glossa Ordinaria: After the Lord had foretold the offense of His disciples, the Evangelist gives an account of His prayer, in …

Again, after having left his disciples to pray, Jesus returned to find them sleeping. When confronted by Jesus, they were speechless, probably beca…

And when he returned, he found them asleep again
Notwithstanding the expostulation he had used with them, the exhort…

Christ's sufferings began with the most severe of all: those in His soul. He began to be greatly distre ed—words not used in Matthew, but very full…