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Luke 22:45

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

KJV

καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀπὸ τῆς προσευχῆς ἐλθὼν πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς εὗρεν κοιμωμένους αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης,

Greek NT

Et cum surrexisset ab oratione et venisset ad discipulos suos, invenit eos dormientes præ tristitia.

Vulgate

And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,

ASV

And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοιμάω
koimao
verb · 18×
λύπη
lupe
noun · 16×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
προσευχή
proseuche
noun · 36×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: κοιμωμένους αὐτοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: κοιμωμένους αὐτοὺς | RP: αὐτοὺς κοιμωμένους
  • κοιμωμένους αὐτοὺςSBLGNT
  • κοιμωμένους αὐτοὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτοὺς κοιμωμένουςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Great is the recompense of care bestowed upon the servants of God, and of itself it yields to us its fruits. For, he that receives you, it says, receives Me, and he that receives Me, receives Him that sent Me. Matthew 10:40 Now what can be equal to the receiving Christ and His Father? But what kind of connection has this with what was said before? What has it in common with …

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:54 — And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread
  • Dan 10:9 — Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
  • John 16:6 — But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
  • John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
  • Jonah 1:5 — Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship;
  • Luke 9:32 — But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
  • Mark 14:37 — And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
  • Mark 14:37 — And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
  • Mark 14:40 — And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
  • Matt 26:40 — And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
  • Matt 26:40 — And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
  • Matt 26:43 — And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
  • Zech 4:1 — And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,