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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:32-42

The agony in the garden. I. ITS SORROW . 1 . The manner in which it was experienced . There were premonitions. All through life there ran a thread of similar emotions, which were now gathering themselves into one overwhelming sense of grief, fear, and desolation: it was crescent and cumulative. He did not artificially create or stimulate the emotion, but entered into it naturally and gradually. Gethsemane was sought, not from a sense of aesthetic or dramatic fitness, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:32-42

Gethsemane. With reverent steps and bent head must we approach this scene. It would be improper to intrude upon the privacy of the Savior's suffering had not the Spirit of truth seen fit to "declare" this also unto us. The disciples, with the three, exceptions, were excluded by the words, "Sit ye here, while I pray." And even from the favored three "he went forward a little," "about a stone's cast." Then, "sore troubled," and with a "soul exceeding sorrowful even unto death," he "fell on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:32-42

Gethsemane. I. THE SPIRIT 'S NEED OF OCCASIONAL SOLITUDE . We need to collect and concentrate ourselves. "We must go alone. We must put ourselves in communication with the internal ocean, not go abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of other men. I like the silent church before the service beans better than any preaching. How far-off, how cool, how chaste the persons look, begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary! So let us always sit" (Emerson). II. ITS NEED ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:39

Saying the same words . The repetition of the same words shows his fixed determination to submit to the will of his heavenly Father. Although the human nature at first asserted itself in the prayer that the cup might pass from him; yet ultimately the human will yielded to the Divine. He desired to drink this cup of bitterness appointed for him by the will of God; for his supreme desire was that the will of God might be done. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:39-43

Sorrow, sleep, and sin. When a dear friend is in trouble our footfall is quiet and our voice hushed. Even children are awed to silence when they see the face they love stained with tears and pale with anguish. How much more does stillness of soul become us when we enter into the Garden o£ Gethsemane and see the Lord we love in his agony! Christ completed the cycle of human temptations in Gethsemane. In the wilderness he had been tempted to desire what was forbidden, to obtain provision in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:40

And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy ( καταβαρυνόμενοι ) : literally, wei g hed down. They had not deliberately yielded themselves to sleep; but an oppressive languor, the effect of great sorrow, had come over them, so that they could not watch as they desired to do; but by an involuntary action they ever and anon slumbered. They wist not what to answer him . They had no excuse, save that which he himself had found for them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:41

And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough ( ἀπέχει ); the hour is come. Some have thought that our Lord here uses the language of irony. But it is far more consistent with his usual considerate words to suppose that, sympathizing with the infirmity of his disciples, he simply advised them, now that his bitter agony was over, to take some rest during the brief interval that remained. It is enough. Some commentators have thought... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:32-42

See the notes at Matthew 26:36-46.Mark 14:36Ἀββα Abba This word denotes “father.” It is a Syriac word, and is used by the Saviour as a word denoting filial affection and tenderness. Compare Romans 8:15.Mark 14:40Neither wist they ... - Neither “knew” they. They were so conscious of the impropriety of sleeping at that time, that they could not find any answer to give to the inquiry why they had done it.Mark 14:41It is enough - There has been much difficulty in determining the meaning of this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 14:39-42

Mark 14:39-42. And he went away and spake the same words It is plain, by comparing Mark 14:35-36, with Matthew 26:42, that the words were not entirely the same; and it is certain that λογος , here rendered word, often signifies matter. So that no more appears to be intended than that he prayed to the same purpose as before. Sleep on now, &c. Dr. Waterland and some others read this interrogatively, Do ye sleep on still and take your rest? The passage, however, may be read with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 14:32-42

150. Jesus prays in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1)It must have been getting towards midnight by the time Jesus and his disciples reached the Garden of Gethsemane. Then, taking Peter, James and John with him, Jesus moved to a spot where they could be alone. He was filled with anguish and horror as he saw clearly what his death would mean. The three friends could do little to lessen his anguish except stay awake in sympathy with him. He had to battle... read more

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