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Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, “I am so overwhelmed with sadness that it's killing me. Wait here and keep watch with me.”

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In The King James Version

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

In Context

37He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, and he began to suffer agonizing sorrow and distress.

39He went a little farther forward, fell facedown, and prayed. “My Father, please, if it's possible, let this cup of suffering be taken from me,” Jesus asked. “Even so, may it not be what I want but what you want.”

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Cross References

Job 6:2“If my grief could be weighed and my troubles placed on the scales

Psalms 88:14Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn away from me?

Song of Solomon 5:3I replied, “I've already got undressed. I don't have to get dressed again, do I? I've already washed my feet. I don't have to make them dirty again, do I?”

Isaiah 53:10However, it was the Lord's will for him to be crushed and to suffer, for when he gives his life as a guilt offering he will see his descendants, he will have a long life, and what the Lord wants will be achieved through him.

Matthew 26:40He went back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, “What, you couldn't stay awake with me for just one hour?

Romans 8:32God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won't he also freely give us everything?

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 →

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