Mark 14:34
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, My agmat nefesh (grief) is great, even to the point of mavet (death). Remain here and stay awake and shomer (on guard).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3He is despised and chadal ishim (rejected by men); 1 a man of sorrows, and acquainted with suffering; 1 and we hid as it were our faces from him; 1 he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 1
Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? 1 Consider, and see 1 if there be any sorrow like my sorrow, 1 which is done unto me, 1 wherewith Hashem hath afflicted me 1 in the Yom Charon Af (day of His fierce anger). 1
Mark 14:37And he comes and finds them sleeping, and he says to Shim'on Kefa, Are you sleeping? Did you not have chozek (strength) to stay awake one hour?
Ephesians 6:18Daven in the Ruach Hakodesh always with all tefillos and techinnah (supplication). To that end keep shomer and always persevere in techinnah (supplication) for the Kedoshim;
1 Peter 5:8Be shomer in zililut da'as (sober-mindedness). Your adversary HaSatan [Samma'el], prowls around like a roaring arye (lion), seeking whom to swallow.
Matthew Henry on Mark 14:33-43
The Agony in the Garden. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible… Read the whole commentary →