Mark 14:34
He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch.”
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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 53:3+ 53:3 a MP: Messiah is despised. (See also Ps 22:6b). (Luke 4:28-29; 23:21-25) He was despised, 2 + 53:3 b MP: Messiah is rejected by his own Jewish people, “we did not esteem him”. Yet (Is 49:6 and 60:1-3) says the Messiah’s light draws the Gentiles to Him. (Matt 12:24; Luke 23:10-19; John 1:11, 12:32; Acts 13:47-48) and rejected by men; 1 a man of suffering, + 53:3. Quoted in Luke 24:46 2 + 53:3 c MP: Messiah sympathizes with great sorrow and grief. (Luke 19:41-44; John 11:33-36; Heb 4:15) and acquainted with disease. 1 He was despised + 53:3 d MP: Men would hide their faces from Messiah. (Mark 14:50, 14:69-71) as one from whom men hide their face; 2 and we didn’t respect him. 1
Mark 14:37He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter [Rock], “Simeon [Hearing], are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?
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 →