Mattheüs 26:44

44 En hen latende, ging Hij wederom heen, en bad ten derden male, zeggende dezelfde woorden.

Mattheüs 26:44 Meaning and 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 words, or in the express form he had before delivered it; for it is certain, that his second prayer is not expressed in the same form of words as the first: but the sense is, that he prayed to the same purpose; the matter and substance of his prayer was the same, namely, that he might be exempted from suffering; but if that could not be admitted of, he was desirous to be resigned to the will of his heavenly Father, and was determined to submit unto it.

Mattheüs 26:44 In-Context

42 Wederom ten tweeden male heengaande, bad Hij, zeggende: Mijn Vader! Indien deze drinkbeker van Mij niet voorbij kan gaan, tenzij dat Ik hem drinke, Uw wil geschiede!

43 En komende bij hen, vond Hij hen wederom slapende; want hun ogen waren bezwaard.

44 En hen latende, ging Hij wederom heen, en bad ten derden male, zeggende dezelfde woorden.

45 Toen kwam Hij tot Zijn discipelen, en zeide tot hen: Slaapt nu voort, en rust; ziet, de ure is nabij gekomen, en de Zoon des mensen wordt overgeleverd in de handen der zondaren.

46 Staat op, laat ons gaan; ziet, hij is nabij, die Mij verraadt.