John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:45
Then cometh he to his disciples ,.... The three that were nearest to him, "the third time", as Mark says, Mark 14:41 , and as it was, and saith unto them, sleep on now, and take your rest . The Evangelist Mark adds, "it is enough", Mark 14:41 ; which has induced some interpreters to think, that these words were spoken seriously by Christ: though the sense cannot be that they had watched sufficiently, and now might sleep, and take their rest, for they had not watched at all; but... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:44
And he left them, and went away again ,.... At some little distance from them; they being so overpowered with sleep, that he could have no conversation with them: and prayed the third time ; as the Apostle Paul did, when under temptation, he prayed thrice that it might depart from him, 2 Corinthians 12:8 , saying the same words : the Arabic version renders it, "in the words which he before expressed"; and Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads, "he said the same prayer"; not in the selfsame... read more