40Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter.


In Context

37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

38 Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."

39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter.

41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

42 He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."

Matthew 26:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:40And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:40And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:40And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith to Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, |What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:40And he comes to the disciples, and finds them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour?