Mark 14:40

καταβαρυνόμενοι, “their eyes were very heavy”; R. V [133], weighed down with irresistible sleep. καταβαρύνω, here and occasionally in the Sept [134] = the more usual καταβαρέω (from the simple verb βαρέω comes βεβαρημένοι in T.R.). καὶ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, etc.: this remark recalls the experience of the same three on the hill of transfiguration (cf. Mark 9:6). But in the earlier instance the reference is to the stupidity produced by sleep, here probably to shame on account of unseasonable sleep. They felt that they ought to have kept awake during their Master's hour of trial, and knew not how to excuse themselves.

[133] Revised Version.

[134]Septuagint.