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Were heavy with sleep (ēsan bebarēmenoi hupnōi). Periphrastic past perfect of bareō, a late form for the ancient barunō (not in N.T. save Textus Receptus in Luk 21:34). This form, rare and only in passive (present, aorist, perfect) in the N.T., is like barunō, from barus, and that from baros, weight, burden (Gal 6:2). Hupnōi is in the instrumental case. They had apparently climbed the mountain in the early part of the night and were now overcome with sleep as Jesus prolonged his prayer. Luke alone tells of their sleep. The same word is used of the eyes of these three disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mat 26:43) and of the hearts of many (Luk 21:34).
But when they were fully awake (diagrēgorēsantes de). First aorist active participle of this late (Herodian) and rare compound verb (here alone in the N.T.), diagrēgoreō (Luke is fond of compounds with dia). The simple verb grēgoreō (from the second perfect active egrēgora) is also late, but common in the lxx and the N.T. The effect of dia can be either to remain awake in spite of desire to sleep (margin of Revised Version) or to become thoroughly awake (ingressive aorist tense also) as Revised Version has it. This is most likely correct. The Syriac Sinaitic has it “When they awoke.” Certainly they had been through a strain.
His glory (tēn doxan autou). See also Luk 9:26 in the words of Jesus.