SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:40
Y vuelto, los hall otra vez durmiendo, porque los ojos de ellos estaban cargados; y no sabían qu responderle.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. And when he returned, he found them asleep again , etc..] Notwithstanding the expostulation he had used with them, the exhortation he had given them, and the danger he had suggested to them: for their eyes were heavy : with sleep and sorrow: neither wist they what to answer him ; partly through confusion and shame, not knowing how to excuse themselves; and partly, through their being stupefied with sleep and grief.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 32-42 - Christ's sufferings began with the sorest of all, those in his soul. He began to be sorely amazed; words not used in St. Matthew, but very ful of meaning. The terrors of God set themselves in array against him, an he allowed him to contemplate them. Never was sorrow like unto his a this time. Now he was made a curse for us; the curses of the law wer laid upon him as our Surety. He now tasted death, in all the bitternes of it. This was that fear of which the apostle speaks, the natural fea of pain and death, at which human nature startles. Can we eve entertain favourable, or even slight thoughts of sin, when we see the painful sufferings which sin, though but reckoned to him, brought of the Lord Jesus? Shall that sit light upon our souls, which sat so heav upon his? Was Christ in such agony for our sins, and shall we never be in agony about them? How should we look upon Him whom we have pierced and mourn! It becomes us to be exceedingly sorrowful for sin, becaus He was so, and never to mock at it. Christ, as Man, pleaded, that, i it were possible, his sufferings might pass from him. As Mediator, he submitted to the will of God, saying, Nevertheless, not what I will but what thou wilt; I bid it welcome. See how the sinful weakness of Christ's disciples returns, and overpowers them. What heavy clogs thes bodies of ours are to our souls! But when we see trouble at the door we should get ready for it. Alas, even believers often look at the Redeemer's sufferings in a drowsy manner, and instead of being ready to die with Christ, they are not even prepared to watch with him one hour.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ υποστρεψας 5290 5660 V-AAP-NSM ευρεν 2147 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτους 846 P-APM παλιν 3825 ADV καθευδοντας 2518 5723 V-PAP-APM ησαν 2258 5713 V-IXI-3P γαρ 1063 CONJ οι 3588 T-NPM οφθαλμοι 3788 N-NPM αυτων 846 P-GPM βεβαρημενοι 916 5772 V-RPP-NPM και 2532 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N ηδεισαν 1492 5715 V-LAI-3P τι 5101 I-ASN αυτω 846 P-DSM αποκριθωσιν 611 5680 V-AOS-3P
Vincent's NT Word Studies
40. Heavy (katabarunomenoi). Lit., weighed down: very heavy.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
14:40 {Very heavy} (katabarunomenoi). Perfective use of kata- with the participle. Matthew has the simple verb. Mark's word is only here in the N.T. and is rare in Greek writers. Mark has the vivid present passive participle, while Matthew has the perfect passive bebaremenoi. {And they wist not what to answer him} (kai ouk eideisan ti apokriqwsin autwi). Deliberative subjunctive retained in the indirect question. Alone in Mark and reminds one of the like embarrassment of these same three disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration (#Mr 9:6). On both occasions weakness of the flesh prevented their real sympathy with Jesus in his highest and deepest experiences. "Both their shame and their drowsiness would make them dumb" (Gould).
