Matthew 26:44
And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
KJV
καὶ ἀφεὶς αὐτοὺς πάλιν ἀπελθὼν προσηύξατο ἐκ τρίτου, τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον εἰπὼν πάλιν.
Greek NT
Et relictis illis, iterum abiit, et oravit tertio, eumdem sermonem dicens.
Vulgate
And he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.
ASV
And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
τρίτος
tritos
adjective · 56×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: πάλιν ἀπελθὼν | WH/Treg/NIV: πάλιν ἀπελθὼν | RP: ἀπελθὼν πάλιν
- πάλιν ἀπελθὼν — SBLGNT
- πάλιν ἀπελθὼν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπελθὼν πάλιν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: πάλιν | WH/NIV: πάλιν
- πάλιν — SBLGNT
- πάλιν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2849Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony.159 In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "cu…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 12:8 — For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
- Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Luke 22:42 — Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
- Matt 6:7 — But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
- Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.