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Matthew 26:38

GriefDiscouragement and depressionLonelinessSuffering

36 At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

37 He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

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

39 Going a little farther, 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.”

40 Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

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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 with Me.”
KJV
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
WEB
Then Jesus said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me.”
ASV
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.
DARBY
Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.
BLB
Then He says to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch with Me.”
ÅB
Da sier han til dem: «Sjelen min er bedrøvet til døden; bli her og våk med meg!»
OTB
Da sa han til dem, “Min sjel er dypt bedrøvet, til døden; bli her og våk med meg.”
B1930
Da sier han til dem: Min sjel er bedrøvet inntil døden; bli her og våk med mig!

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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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  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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  • 1 Peter 2:24

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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  • Matthew 26:40–41

    Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

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  • 1 Peter 4:7

    The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

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  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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