Matthew 26:40

Matthew 26:40. Sleeping. Not sound asleep, as we infer from Matthew 26:43, but in a dozing, drowsy state. Excessive sorrow has this result (comp. Luke 22:45). Spiritual influences, too, exhaust the body. Their drowsiness does not prove insensibility; they had, however, been warned to watch.

Unto Peter, who had promised most.

What, or ‘so then.' This indicates disappointment, if not displeasure. His chosen friends had failed to comfort Him in this crisis.