Verses 32-34
Jesus apparently took His inner circle of disciples (cf. Mark 5:37; Mark 9:2) with Him to teach them about suffering and to receive help from their intercession for Him (cf. Matthew 26:38). The other disciples were to pray as well (Luke 22:40). This was apparently a favorite place that Jesus and the disciples had visited previously (cf. Luke 22:39; John 18:2).
The words "distressed" (Gr. ekthambeisthai) and "troubled" (Gr. ademonein) together "describe an extremely acute emotion, a compound of bewilderment, fear, uncertainty and anxiety, nowhere else portrayed in such vivid terms as here." [Note: R. G. Bratcher and E. A. Nida, Translator’s Handbook on Mark, p. 446.] The prospect of bearing God’s wrath for the world’s sins and experiencing separation from His Father grieved Jesus deeply (Gr. perilypos, cf. Mark 6:26). This was much more than any mere martyr has ever had to endure.
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