Matthew 26:40

Unto the disciples. It seems that Jesus came seeking for human sympathy and companionship.

Asleep. For a time they remained awake, and united their prayers with His, but after a while a paralyzing stupor came over them. They might have shaken it off if they had persisted in prayer. See on ch. 24:42, 44.

Saith unto Peter. Peter was the one who had made the inordinate boast that he would accompany Jesus to prison and to death (see on vs. 33, 35). Now, apparently, he could not even remain awake, much less perform a difficult feat.

What? Gr. houtos, “thus,” or “so.” The keen disappointment Jesus felt upon finding His closest earthly friends too drowsy to pray with Him for “one hour” finds expression in this exclamation, half censure and half disappointment.

One hour. This may imply that Christ spent approximately one hour in the Garden of Gethsemane.