Mark 14:40
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And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him.

neither.

Mark 9:33,34 And they came to Capharnaum. And when they were in the house, he asked them: What did you treat of in the way? . . .

Genesis 44:16 And Juda said to him: What shall we answer my lord? or what shall we say, or be able justly to allege? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are all bondmen to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

Context
Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
39And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words. 40And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him. 41And he cometh the third time and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest. It is enough. The hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.…
Cross References
Mark 14:39
And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words.

Mark 14:41
And he cometh the third time and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest. It is enough. The hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Luke 9:32
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep. And waking, they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him.

Lexicon
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

again
πάλιν (palin)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.

He returned
ἐλθὼν (elthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

[and] found
εὗρεν (heuren)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sleeping,
καθεύδοντας (katheudontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2518: To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

eyes
ὀφθαλμοὶ (ophthalmoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3788: The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy.

were
ἦσαν (ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

heavy.
καταβαρυνόμενοι (katabarynomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2599: To burden, oppress, weigh down. From kata and bareo; to impose upon.

And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they did not know
ᾔδεισαν (ēdeisan)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

to answer
ἀποκριθῶσιν (apokrithōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

Him.
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

And again having returned, he found them sleeping. For their the eyes were heavy, and they did not know what they should answer Him.

And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him.

And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him.

And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they wist not what to answer him.

And when he returned, he found them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy:) neither knew they what to answer him.

When He returned He again found them asleep, for they were very tired; and they knew not how to answer Him.

Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.

and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.
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