And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

And rising up from his prayer, coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.

And when he arose from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow:

And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,

And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

And when he had risen up from prayer and had gone to his disciples, he found them sleeping out of sorrow.

Then he rose from praying, and came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow.

Sleeping for sorrow - On account of the greatness of their sorrow. See the notes at Matthew 26:40.

(15) And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
(15) Men are utterly sluggish, even in their greatest dangers.

And when he rose from prayer,.... The Syriac version reads, "from his prayer", having finished it; and the Persic and Ethiopic versions read, "from the place of prayer", or where he prayed:
and was come to his disciples; to the three, which he had left about the distance of a stone's cast:
he found them sleeping for sorrow; on his account; for he had signified unto them, how exceeding sorrowful he was; and they might perceive by his looks and gestures, the anxiety and distress of mind he was in, which must needs affect them; and besides, he had given them some intimations of his being to be betrayed by one of them, and of his sufferings and death, and speedy departure from them; and because of these things, sorrow had filled their hearts, and this had induced heaviness and sleep upon them; See Gill on Matthew 26:40.