Mark 14:34
He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
In Context
33He took with him Peter, Jacob, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3He was despised,and rejected by men;a man of sorrows,and familiar with suffering;as one from whom men hide their face, and we despised himand we did not value him.
Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me,with which the Lord has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.MEM
Mark 14:37He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Could not you watch one hour?
Ephesians 6:18with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
1 Peter 5:8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
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 →