The Prayer in the Garden

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,[a](A) and He told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.(B) 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow[b] —to the point of death.[c] Remain here and stay awake with Me.”(C) 39 Going a little farther,[d] He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:36 A garden east of Jerusalem at the base of the Mount of Olives; Gethsemane = olive oil press
  2. Matthew 26:38 Or I am deeply grieved, or I am overwhelmed by sorrow; Ps 42:6,11; 43:5
  3. Matthew 26:38 Lit unto death
  4. Matthew 26:39 Other mss read Drawing nearer

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