Matthew 26:37. Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. These three witnesses of His Divine glory on the Mount, were chosen to witness His human anguish in the valley. Yet they did not witness it (Matthew 26:40). Their nearness seems to have been in some way a comfort to Him, though they could not help Him.

And began to be sorrowful and sore troubled. Two ideas: first, that He was troubled with woe that falls upon Him; second, that He felt forsaken, had a weight of trouble that drove Him into solitude.

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