John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:32
But Peter, and they that were with him ,.... The other two disciples, James and John; were heavy with sleep ; as they afterwards were in the garden, while Christ was praying, as he had been now; being weary with the labours of the day past, and it being now night, as is very probable, since that was an usual time Christ spent in prayer: and when they were awake , The Syriac version reads, "scarcely awake"; they were so heavy with sleep, that it was with difficulty they were awaked... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:31
Who appeared in glory ,.... In a very glorious manner, in most divine and beautiful forms to Christ, and to his disciples: and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem ; the word, rendered "decease", is "Exodus", the name of the second book of Moses; so called from the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, it gives an account of; and which departure is expressed by this word, in Hebrews 11:22 and to which the allusion is here. Death is a departure out... read more