Matthew 26:35
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Likewise also said all the disciples.
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Matthew 26:36
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then cometh Jesus with them,.... The eleven disciples, unto a place called Gethsemane; the Syriac version calls it Ghedsiman; the Persic, Ghesmani, so the Arabic; the Vulgate Latin, and the Ethiopic, Gethsemani: in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, and in the Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, it is called a "village"; and in the Ethiopic version, "a...
Matthew 26:36-39
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went...
Matthew 26:36-40
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went...
Matthew 26:37
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee,.... James and John, who perhaps were the strongest, and best able to bear the shocking sight, and were his favourite disciples; who were admitted to be with him at other times, when the rest were not; as at the raising of Jairus's daughter, Mr 5:37, and moreover, these were at his...
Matthew 26:38
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then saith he unto them,.... The three disciples, Peter, James, and John, who, by his looks and gestures, might know somewhat of the inward distress of his mind; yet he choose to express it to them in words, saying, my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. That Christ had an human soul, as well as an human body, is clear from hence; and...
Matthew 26:39
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he went a little further,.... Luke says, Lu 22:41, "about a stone's cast", about fifty or sixty feet from the place where they were, and fell on his face, and prayed; partly to show his great reverence of God, the sword of whose justice was awaked against him, the terrors of whose law were set in array before him, and whose wrath was pouring...
Matthew 26:40
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he cometh unto the disciples,.... The three he took with him, Peter, James, and John, after he had finished his prayer; and findeth them asleep: many things might contribute to, and bring this drowsiness upon them; as the great fatigue they had had in preparing the passover in the day, the plentiful meal they had eaten at night, though without...
Matthew 26:40
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Peter had constituted himself the spokesman of the apostolic company, so the Master addressed the question to him, though it also applied to his companions: “What, could ye not watch with me one hour?” They had all declared...
Matthew 26:41
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Watch and pray,.... These two are very justly put together. There is, and ought to be, a watching before prayer, and "unto" it; a watching all opportunities, the most suitable and convenient to perform it; and there is a watching in it, both over our hearts, thoughts, words, and gestures, and after it, for a return of it, and answer to it: the...
Matthew 26:41-45
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them asleep again; for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away...
Matthew 26:41
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Admire the tenderness of Jesus in making this apology for his disciples. What he said about them was true: but it is not everybody who would have uttered that gentle truth at such a trying time. Dear friends, make excuses for one another...
Matthew 26:42
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He went away again the second time,.... To the same place as before, or at some little distance; after he had reproved his disciples for their sleeping, and had exhorted them to watchfulness and prayer, suggesting the danger they were liable to, and the condition they were in: and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me...
Matthew 26:42-44
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. You cannot use much variety of language when...
Matthew 26:43
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he came and found them asleep again,.... For they were aroused and awaked, in some measure, by what he had said to them; but no sooner was he gone but they fell asleep again, and thus he found them a second time; or, "he came again and found them asleep"; so read the Vulgate Latin, the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and Munster's...
Matthew 26:44
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he left them, and went away again,.... At some little distance from them; they being so overpowered with sleep, that he could have no conversation with them: and prayed the third time; as the Apostle Paul did, when under temptation, he prayed thrice that it might depart from him, 2 Corinthians 12:8, saying the same words: the Arabic version...
Matthew 26:45
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then cometh he to his disciples,.... The three that were nearest to him, "the third time", as Mark says, Mr 14:41, and as it was; and saith unto them, sleep on now, and take your rest. The Evangelist Mark adds, "it is enough", Mr 14:41; which has induced some interpreters to think, that these words were spoken seriously by Christ: though the sense...
Matthew 26:45-46
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. May the Master never have to say this concerning any one of us, for his dear name’s sake! Amen. This...
Matthew 26:46
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rise, let us be going,.... Not to run away from the enemy, but to meet him: this was said, partly to arouse his sleepy disciples; and partly to show his love to his Father, and his submission to his will; as also to express the fortitude of his mind as man; he was now rid of his fears, and free from those agonies and dreadful apprehensions of...
Matthew 26:47
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And while he yet spake,.... While he was thus speaking to his disciples, before the last words, he is at hand that doth betray me, were well out of his mouth; such an exact knowledge had Christ of every motion of Judas, of what he was about, and where he was: lo! Judas, one of the twelve, came. The Persic version adds, "in sight"; of Christ, and...