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42 He went away a second time and prayed,[a] “My Father, if this cup[b] cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.” 43 He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.[c] 44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:42 tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 26:42 tn Grk “this”; the referent (the cup) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Matthew 26:43 tn Grk “because their eyes were weighed down,” an idiom for becoming extremely or excessively sleepy (L&N 23.69).