KJV: And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
YLT: and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.
Darby: And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him.
ASV: And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.
πάλιν | again |
Parse: Adverb Root: πάλιν Sense: anew, again. |
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ἐλθὼν | having returned |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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εὗρεν | he found |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εὑρίσκω Sense: to come upon, hit upon, to meet with. |
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καθεύδοντας | sleeping |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: καθεύδω Sense: to fall asleep, drop off to sleep. |
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αὐτῶν | of them |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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ὀφθαλμοὶ | eyes |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὀφθαλμός Sense: the eye. |
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καταβαρυνόμενοι | heavy |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: καταβαρέω Sense: to press down by an imposing weight. |
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ᾔδεισαν | they knew |
Parse: Verb, Pluperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: οἶδα Sense: to see. |
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ἀποκριθῶσιν | they should answer |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Passive, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἀποκρίνομαι Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer. |
Greek Commentary for Mark 14:40
Perfective use of κατα katȧ with the participle. Matthew has the simple verb. Mark‘s word is only here in the N.T. and is rare in Greek writers. Mark has the vivid present passive participle, while Matthew has the perfect passive βεβαρημενοι bebarēmenoi they wist not what to answer him Deliberative subjunctive retained in the indirect question. Alone in Mark and reminds one of the like embarrassment of these same three disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration (Mark 9:6). On both occasions weakness of the flesh prevented their real sympathy with Jesus in his highest and deepest experiences. “Both their shame and their drowsiness would make them dumb” (Gould). [source]
Lit., weighed down: very heavy. [source]