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Mark 14:40
And when He returned, He found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer Him.
And when He returned, He found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer Him.
See the notes at Matthew 26:36. Mark 14:36 Ἀββα 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...
PART IV. GIVING HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR -- CHAPTER S 14-15. Chapter 14 _ 1. Seeking by Craft to put Him to Death. (Mark 14:1 .Matthew 26:2; Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. The Anointing. ...
GETHSEMANE. On the other side of the brook Kidron, in a garden called Gethsemane (= oil-press) Jesus took the three most intimate disciples aside to help Him bear the burden of surrender. It has been...
They came to a place the name of which is Gethsemane. Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." He took Peter and James and John with him, and began to be in great distress and trouble of...
THE LAST ACT BEGINS (Mark 14:1-2)...
NEITHER WIST THEY. and they knew not (Greek. _ou_. App-105). WIST. knew. Greek. _oida._ App-132, "Wist" is the Past Tense of Anglo-Saxon _wftan. to_ know....
The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane...
_their eyes were heavy_ "sopli her yzen were greuyd," Wyclif. Even as had been the case on the Mount of Transfiguration. The original word supported by the best MSS. only occurs here, and denotes that...
ΕὟΡΕΝ. As in Mark 5:37. This and οὐκ ᾔδεισαν are the two main verbs, ἦσαν γάρ being a parenthesis. ΟΥ̓Κ ἬΙΔΕΙΣΑΝ ΤΊ�. Again a parallel with the Transfiguration; see on Mark 9:6. After their boasting ...
32–42. THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:40-46. Cf. John 18:1...
Ver 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...
_JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE MARK 14:27-52:_ Jesus said, "All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered." Jesu...
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Mark 14:38 ΕΎΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Mark 14:16. ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΎΝΩ (G925) отяжелеть, быть тяжелым. Part, в роли praed. _adj._ Ή...
NEITHER WIST THEY— _Neither knew they._...
1. FRIDAY 1. STRONG CRYING AND TEARS 14:32-42 _TEXT: 14:32-42_ And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray, And he taketh with hi...
_SUMMARY 14:1-52_ This section exhibits, on the one hand, the evil purpose and wicked plottings of the enemies of Jesus, and on the other, the self-sacrifice with which he prepared himself for the fat...
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 22:39....
34 The problem of evil is solved for us in the dark shadows of Gethsemane. No one will dispute that He did not deserve to drink the cup that His Father set before Him. No one will find fault with His...
AGONY IN GETHSEMANE (Matthew 26:36; Luke 22:40 : cp. John 18:1). See on Mt....
THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS 1, 2. A council of the Priests against Jesus (Matthew 26:1; Luke 22:1). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 14 AN EXPENSIVE GIFT FOR JESUS VERSES 1-2 The important *priests had decided that...
(26-42) AND WHEN THEY HAD SUNG AN HYMN. — See Notes on Matthew 26:30....
CHAPTER 14:34-42 (MARK 14:34) THE AGONY "And He saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch. And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and pr...
CHAPTER 14:32-42 (MARK 14:32) IN THE GARDEN "And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and He saith unto His disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray. And He taketh with Him Peter and James...
καταβαρυνόμενοι, “their eyes were very heavy”; R. V [133], weighed down with irresistible sleep. καταβαρύνω, here and occasionally in the Sept [134] = the more usual καταβαρέω (from the simple verb βα...
_In Gethsemane_ (Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:40-46)....
ALONE IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL Mark 14:32-52 When the soul is overwhelmed, it seeks to be alone, and yet not too far from human sympathy and help. The three most trusted might enter the enclosure, but ev...
Mary, conscious of the sorrow of death which was in her Lord's soul, poured out the rarest gift she possessed, and so anointed Him beforehand for His burial. Her name is forever redolent of pure devot...
GETHSEMANE Matthew 26:30-46; Mark 14:26-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1. “ _Jesus speaking these things_, went out with H
(27) And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. (28) But after that I am risen, I wil...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
chapter 14 resumes the thread of the history, but with the solemn circumstances that belong to the close of the Lord's life. The scribes and Pharisees were already consulting how they might take Him b...
AND WHEN HE RETURNED, HE FOUND THEM ASLEEP AGAIN,.... Notwithstanding the expostulation he had used with them, the exhortation he had given them, and the danger he had suggested to them: FOR THEIR EY...
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly _is_ ready, but the flesh _is_ weak. 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40 And when he returned, he f...
_And he went away and spake the same words_ It is plain, by comparing Mark 14:35, with Matthew 26:42, that the words were not entirely the same; and it is certain that λογος, here rendered _word_, oft...
The agony in the garden. Matthew 26:36-50....
Quotes 1. Although this is a very rare phenomenon, bloody sweat (hematidrosis) may occur in highly emotional states or in persons with bleeding disorders. As a result of hemorrhage into the sweat glan...
32-42 Christ's sufferings began with the sorest of all, those in his soul. He began to be sorely amazed; words not used in St. Matthew, but very full of meaning. The terrors of God set themselves in...
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Mark 14:40 And G2532 returned G5290 (G5660) found G2147 (G5627) them G846 asleep G2518 (G5723) again...
‘And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words, and again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy. And they did not know what to answer him.' For Jesus a continuatio...
FROM BETRAYAL TO ARREST (14:1-52). The section now splits up into subsections, the first of which is from Mark 14:1. This subsection covers the period from the stated final intent of the Chief Priest...
ON the harmony, see on Matthew 26:31-46. The conversation, recorded in Mark 14:27-31, took place on the way to Gethsemane. Mark introduces a new and striking incident (Mark 14:51-52 _)_....
Mark 14:32-42. THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE. See on Matthew 26:36-40; comp. especially Luke 22:39-46....
Mark 14:40. AND THEY KNEW NOT, etc. Comp. Peter's remark on the Mount of Transfiguration (chap. Mark 9:6). They could make no reply, either from a sense of their failure, or more probably from physica...
VERY HEAVY (καταβαρυνομενο). Perfective use of κατα- with the participle. Matthew has the simple verb. Mark's word is only here in the N.T. and is rare in Greek writers. Mark has the vivid present...
Mark 14:27. _And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I...
Mark 14:22. _And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body._ It was part of a meal. It was no celebration. It was no sacrifi...
CONTENTS: The plot against Jesus. Jesus annointed by Mary. The last Passover. The Lord's supper instituted. The Gethsemane experience. Peter's denial. Jesus delivered to the authorities. CHARACTERS:...
Mark 14:1. _After two days was the passover,_ when the chief priests and the scribes sought to form their plan, how they might surprise the Saviour and put him to death. Their scheme to do it after th...
_He found them asleep._ POWER OF SLEEP The most violent passion and excitement cannot keep even powerful minds from sleep; Alexander the Great slept on the field of Arbela, and Napoleon upon that of...
JESUS AGONIZES IN THE GARDEN MATTHEW 26:36-46; MARK 14:32-42; LUKE 22:39-46; JOHN 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went fo
CHAPTER 14 1 _A conspiracy against Christ_. 3 _Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman_. 10 _Judas selleth his Master for money_. 12 _Christ himself foretelleth how he shall be betrayed of...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:32. GETHSEMANE.—_I. e. Oil-press_. The traditional site is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives on the north-west, where still are to be seen eight oliv...
EXPOSITION MARK 14:1 NOW AFTER TWO DAYS WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER AND THE UNLEAVENED BREAD; literally, _the passover and the unleavened _τό πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα. It was one and the same fest...
After two days was the feast of the passover (Mark 14:1), Now, we have followed and traced Jesus in Mark's gospel through Sunday, His triumphant entry. Monday, when He came back to the temple and clea...
Genesis 44:16; Mark 9:33; Mark 9:34; Romans 3:19...
Heavy [κ α τ α β α ρ υ ν ο μ ε ν ο ι]. Lit., weighed down : very heavy....
PETER'S WANDERINGS Mark 14:29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Peter will ever be recognized as one of the outstanding disciples of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This does not mean, however, that Peter knew...