If it is possible! No "make believe" here! There was no other way to make salvation possible! Take this cup away! The agony of betrayal, the trial and mockery, and the agony of death on the cross. But what you want. Perfect faith. He is willing to do whatever the Father requires of him.
MATTHEW 26:39 At the close of ver. Matthew 26:39 several secondary witnesses (C3mg ¦13 124 230 348 543 713 788 826 828 983) add from...
Verse 39. _FELL ON HIS FACE_] Luke 22:44. This was the ordinary posture of the supplicant when the favour was great which was asked, and deep humiliation required. The head was put between the knees,...
JESUS’ AGONY IN GETHSEMANE - This account is also recorded in Mark 14:32; Luke 22:39; John 18:1. Matthew 26:36...
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...
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...
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...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...
WILL. am willing. See App-102....
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
_went a little further_ The paschal full moon would make deep shadow for the retirement of Jesus. _O my Father_ St Mark has the Aramaic _Abba_as well as the Greek word for Father. _this cup_ See note...
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘῺΝ for προελθὼν. Here B is opposed to all the other important uncials. 39. ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘῺΝ ΜΙΚΡΌΝ. The paschal full moon would make deep shadow for the retirement of Jesus. ΠΆΤΕΡ ΜΟΥ. St Mark has t...
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
Ver 39. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." 40. And he co...
_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 sa...
ΠΡΟΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4281) идти вперед, ΜΙΚΡΌΝ (G3398) немного (adv.). _асс._: недалеко, на короткое расстояние, ΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ...
AND FELL ON HIS FACE— The human nature of our Lord being now burdened beyond measure, he found it necessary to retire, and to pray that if it was possible, or consistent with the salvation of the worl...
SECTION 67 JESUS PRAYS IN GETHSEMANE (Parallels: Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46) TEXT: 26:36-46 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here...
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....
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...
THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....
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...
LET THIS CUP] i.e. not merely His death, but all that was implied in bearing the sins of the world in His own body on the tree: cp. Matthew 20:22. The prayer, 'Let this cup pass,' was not sinful, beca...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 26 PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to his *disciples. V2 ‘As you know, t...
HE WENT A LITTLE FARTHER. — St. Luke adds (Luke 22:41) “about a stone’s cast.” The eight were left, we may believe, near the entrance of the garden; the three, “apart by themselves,” further on; the M...
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...
_The agony_ (so called from the word ἀγωνία in Luke 22:44, a ἅπαξ λεγ.)....
μικρὸν, a little space, presumably near enough for them to hear (_cf._ Luke 22:41). ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, on His face, not on kness, _summa demissio_ (Beng.). πάτερ, Father! Weiss in Markus-Evang. seems to th...
_Gethsemane_ (Mark 14:26-42; Luke 22:39-46)....
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...
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...
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, (s) let this (t) cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt]. (s) Let it p...
Going a little further. St. Luke says, about a stone's cast, kneeling down; or as here in Matthew, prostrating himself. He did both. --- Father, if it is possible. Which is the same, says St. Augustin...
GETHSEMANE Matthew 26:30-46; Mark 14:26-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1. “ _Jesus speaking these things_, went out with H
"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...
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...
_THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN_ ‘And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed.… let this cup pass from Me.’ Matthew 26:39 Why was our Blessed Lord in such distress? It is not sufficient...
39._And he went forward a little. _We have seen in other passages, that in order to excite himself to greater earnestness of prayer, the Lord prayed in the absence of witnesses; for when we are withdr...
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,...
AND HE WENT A LITTLE FURTHER,.... Luke says, Luke 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 r...
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou _wilt_. Ver. 39. _And he wen...
_And he went a little further_ Luke says, _He was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast_, so that the apostles could still both see and hear him; _and fell on his face_ It seems _he first knelt dow...
THIS CUP; the anguish he was enduring and was to endure....
AND HE WENT A LITTLE FARTHER, AND FELL ON HIS FACE, AND PRAYED, SAYING, O MY FATHER, IF IT BE POSSIBLE, LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME; NEVERTHELESS NOT AS I WILL, BUT AS THOU WILT....
The first prayer:...
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...
36-46 He who made atonement for the sins of mankind, submitted himself in a garden of suffering, to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garden of pleasure. Christ took with him into tha...
Mark saith, MARK 14:35,36, _He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unt...
Martyrdom of Polycarp or sacrifice, and prepared to be an acceptable burnt-offering unto God, looked up to heaven, and said, "O Lord God Almighty, the Father of thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Chris...
Matthew 26:39 G2532 went G4281 little G3397 farther G4281 (G5631) and G2532 fell G4098 (G5627) on...
‘And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” ' Then He moved o...
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...
Matthew 26:39. AND HE WENT FORWARD A LITTLE. ‘About a stone's cast' (Luke 22:41), since that seems to refer to this second withdrawal. Into the Holy of Holies He goes alone. Luke, a physician, gives m...
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...
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...
HE WENT FORWARD A LITTLE (προελθων μικρον). As if he could not fight the battle in their immediate presence. He was on his face, not on his knees (McNeile).THIS CUP (το ποτηριον τουτο). The figure...
CUP The "cup" must be interpreted by our Lord's own use of that symbol in speaking of His approaching sacrificial death (Matthew 20:22); (John 18:11). In view of (John 10:17); ...
Matthew 26:39 The Will of God the Cure of Self-will. It was the deep disease of self-will to cure which our good Lord came, in our nature, to fulfil the Father's will, to suffer what the Father wille...
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...
Matthew 26:38 Divine Sorrow. It is not on the actual physical sufferings of the Crucifixion that the Bible most invites us to dwell it relates them, but it passes over them as lightly as the circums...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:39 FELL ON HIS FACE. In this typical posture of complete humility in prayer, Jesus lays his life before his Father. He prepares to accomplish his life’s mission—to bear the...
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
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
_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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Samuel 15:26; Acts 10:25; Ezekiel 1:28;...
And going a little farther — About a stone's cast, Luke 22:41— So that the apostles could both see and hear him still. If it be possible, let this cup pass from me — And it did pass from him quickly....