Matthew 26:38
Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
Cross References
Job 6:2"Oh that my anguish were weighed,and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Psalms 88:14Lord, why do you reject my soul?Why do you hide your face from me?
Song of Solomon 5:3I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him.He has caused him to suffer.When you make his soul an offering for sin,he shall see his offspring.He shall prolong his days,and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Matthew 26:40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, could not you watch with me for one hour?
Romans 8:32He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
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 →