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Mark 14:34

GriefSufferingDiscouragement and depressionLoneliness

32 Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

33 He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”

35 Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.

36 “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
KJV
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
WEB
He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”
ASV
And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.
DARBY
And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch.
BLB
And He says to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”
ÅB
og han sier til dem: Min sjel er bedrøvet inntil døden; bli her og våk!
OTB
"Min sjel er dypt bedrøvet, til døden," sa han til dem. "Bli her og våk."
B1930
og han sier til dem: Min sjel er bedrøvet inntil døden; bli her og våk!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 12:27

    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

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  • Mark 13:35–37

    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

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  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  • Isaiah 53:12

    Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

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  • Lamentations 1:12

    Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

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  • Ephesians 6:18–19

    Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

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  • Mark 14:37–38

    Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

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  • Isaiah 53:3–4

    He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

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