Matthew 26:38
Then Jesus says to them, My soul is deeply grieved, as far as of death. Remain ye here and watch with me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
37And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and distressed.
Cross References
Job 6:2O that my grief were but weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Psalms 88:14LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased LORD to bruise him. He has put him to grief. When thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Matthew 26:40And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, So ye could not watch with me one hour.
Romans 8:32He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:37-47
The Agony in the Garden. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →