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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 26:40

ἔρχεται : not necessarily immediately after uttering the foregoing prayer. Jesus may have lain on the ground for a considerable time silent. τῷ Πέτρῳ : all three were asleep, but the reproach was most fitly addressed to Peter, the would-be valiant and loyal disciple. οὕτως : Euthy. puts a mark of interrogation after this word, whereby we get this sense: So? Is this what it has come to? You were not able to watch with me one hour! A spirited rendering in consonance with Mark's version.

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