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Charles Box Commentaries

Matthew 26:36-56

The prayer in Gethsemane and the betrayal Matthew 26:36-56: In the garden Jesus experienced great agony. He said, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death." (Matthew 26:38) He experienced sadness for even as He prayed Peter, James and John slept. (Matthew 26:40) In the garden, Jesus' submission to God is seen as He said, "Not as I will but as you will." (Matthew 26:39) His courage shows as He said, "Rise, let us be going, See, My betrayer is at hand." (Matthew 26:46)

Judas came with a kiss and betrayed His friend. (Matthew 26:49-50) During Jesus' arrest, Peter cut off a man's ear with a sword. This fulfilled prophetic words. Jesus had power to call twelve legions of angels to help, but to fulfill prophecy He refrained from doing so. (Matthew 26:54) Even when the disciples "forsook Him and fled", the prophecies were being fulfilled. (Matthew 26:56)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 36. _A PLACE CALLED GETHSEMANE_] A garden at the foot of the mount of Olives. The name seems to be formed from גת _gath, a_ _press_, and סמן _shemen, oil_; probably the place where the produce o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    JESUS’ AGONY IN GETHSEMANE - This account is also recorded in Mark 14:32; Luke 22:39; John 18:1. Matthew 26:36...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GETHSEMANE (Mark 14:32 *, Luke 22:39). Mt. is in closest agreement with Mk., except that he gives the words of the second prayer and states definitely that Jesus prayed a third time. Matthew 26:45. A...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go away and pray in this place." So he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEN COMETH, &C. The Structure (p. 1305) shows the correspondence between the Temptation in the Wilderness (Matthew 4:1) and the Agony in the Garden (Matthew 26:36). That both were an assault of Satan...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Gethsemane_=the oil press; "over the brook Cedron, where was a garden" (John)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1 In St Luke's account Matthew 26:43-44 are pecul

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1 In St Luke’s account Matthew 26:43-44 are peculia

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΓΕΘΣΗΜΑΝΕΊ = ‘the oil press;’ πέραν τοῦ χειμάρρου τῶν Κέδρων ὅπου ἦν κῆπος (John 18:1), ΧΩΡΊΟΝ is an enclosed place or garden, answering to κῆπος....

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 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,...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    UNTO A PLACE CALLED GETHSEMANE— Reland thinks _Gethsemane_ was a particular spot in the mount of Olives. But its situation, like that of some other places mentioned in the Gospel, has been settled by...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 22:39....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    33-35 Compare Mar_14:29-31; Luk_22:31-34; Joh_13:36-38. 33 The Lord had said distinctly that all of them should be snared. Peter's fall began by refusing to believe that the Lord's all meant all. Of c...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN (Mark 14:32; Luke 22:40). The peculiar intensity of Christ's agony at Gethsemane presents a difficult problem. It cannot have been due to fear of death, for He came to Jerusale...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    χωρίον, a place in the sense of a property or farm = _villa_ in Vulgate, _ager_, Hilary, _Grundstück_, Weizsäcker's translation. Γεθσημανῆ, probably = גַּת שֶׁסֶן, an oil press. Descriptions of the pl...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Gethsemane_ (Mark 14:26-42; Luke 22:39-46)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The agony_ (so called from the word ἀγωνία in Luke 22:44, a ἅπαξ λεγ.)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE HOUR WHEN THE FLESH WAS WEAK Matthew 26:36-46 In human life there is a close connection between our hymns and our olive-presses. We pass from the supper to the garden, from the emblems to the rea...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (9) Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. (9) Christ having regard to the weakness of his disciples, leave...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Gethsemani. St. John tells us it was a garden, whither Jesus was accustomed to go with his disciples, which Judas knew. St. Luke says, he went according to his custom to the mount of Olives; i.e. whe...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    GETHSEMANE Matthew 26:30-46; Mark 14:26-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1. “ _Jesus speaking these things_, went out with H

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "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 beg...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:36._Then Jesus cometh with them. _Luke mentions _the mountain of Olives _only. Mark and Matthew add a more minute description of the place. But Luke expresses what is still more to the purp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The Lord had finished His discourses. He prepares (chapter 26) to suffer, and to make His last and touching adieus to His disciples, at the table of His last passover on earth, at which He instituted,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. Ver. 36. _Unto a place called Gethsemane_] By Mount Olivet stood thi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then cometh Jesus to a place called Gethsemane_ A garden, lying, it seems, at the foot of the mount of Olives, which had its name, probably, from its soil and situation, the word, from גיא שׂמנים, si...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    GETHSEMANE; a garden, or retired spot, on the west side of the mount of Olives, not far from the brook Cedron....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THEN COMETH JESUS WITH THEM UNTO A PLACE CALLED GETHSEMANE, AND SAITH UNTO THE DISCIPLES, SIT YE HERE WHILE I GO AND PRAY YONDER....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The arrival at Gethsemane:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 26:36 Then G5119 Jesus G2424 came G2064 (G5736) with G3326 them G846 to G1519 place G5564 called...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Then comes Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, “You sit here, while I go over there and pray.” ' We should note as we go through the passage the tenses of the ver...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AGONY IN THE GARDEN (26:36-46). Jesus and His disciples arrive in Gethsemane. We who know what to expect recognise that the crucial hour has come, but it is salutary to recognise that prior to His ord...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    THE CONFLICT IN GETHSEMANE. This conflict presents our Lord in the reality of His manhood, in weakness and humiliation, but it is impossible to account for it unless we admit His Divine nature. (Hence...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 26:36. UNTO A PLACE CALLED GETHSEMANE. Luke (Luke 22:39) says in general ‘to the mount of Olives,' though hinting at a customary place; John (John 17:1-2) tells us that was a ‘garden' beyond t...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    THE PREDICTION OF PETER'S DENIAL. The conversation recorded in Matthew 26:31-35 seems to have taken place on the way across the brook Kedron to Gethsemane. Luke inserts a similar prediction, in connec...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    GETHSEMANE (Γεθσημανε). The word means oil-press in the Hebrew, or olive vat. The place (χωριον) was an enclosed plot or estate, "garden," or orchard (κηπος). It is called _villa_ in the Vulgate acc...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:36 The Conflict in Gethsemane. I. The place of the conflict calls for a brief notice. Gethsemane is now only a name for one of the booths in Vanity Fair. There are two rival Gethsemanes, a...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:36 Gethsemane. I. The first thing to which we direct attention, is the intense severity of the suffering which now overwhelmed and oppressed the mind of Christ. The extreme severity of Chr...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:36. Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The story of Peter's denial of his Master is recorded in all four of the Gospels. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it will not be tautology if we read all four of them; and...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:14. _Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    GETHSEMANE. The name means "oil-press," a press for making oil from the olives that gave the Mount of Olives its name. SIT HERE. He speaks to the eight who would stay there. WHILE I GO. He reacted to...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _A place called Gethsemane._ THE LANGUAGE AND TONE BEFITTING OUR PRAYERS TO GOD To a thoughtful and inquiring mind, nothing will be more manifest than the decorum of our Saviour’s addresses to the th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:1 The Crucified Messiah. Matthew narrates the events leading to Jesus’ death: (1) the Passover and Lord’s Supper and events in Gethsemane (Matthew

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:36 GETHSEMANE means “oil press,” indicating a garden area on the Mount of Olives where olive oil was prepared. ⇐...

  • The Gospels Compared

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:36. GETHSEMANE = “the oil press.”—On the slope of the Mount of Olives. Probably there was, or had been, in it a press for the manufacture of olive oil. The identity of thi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 5:7; John 18:1; Luke 22:39; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Gethsemane. Meaning oil - press. Beyond the brook Kedron, and distant about three - quarters of a mile from the walls of Jerusalem. Dean Stanley says of the olive - trees there : "In spite of all the...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Then cometh Jesus to a place called Gethsemane — That is, the valley of fatness. The garden probably had its name from its soil and situation, laying in some little valley between two of those many hi...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Our blessed Saviour being now come with his disciples into the garden, he falls there into. bitter and bloody agony, in which he prayed with wonderful fervency and importunity to his heavenly Father....

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