very heavy} St Mark says, ixta/t»j8fft&flM xai adr^ovi^, " to be sore amazed and to be very heavy" Both Xtm/zfta/ and ixdapfaTffdai de note the presence and effect of an object of horror, — a^aovs/v, the loss of all power of deriving enjoyment from other sources. The same word occurs in Phil. ii. 26, where see Gnomon. Hesychius explains adrift by davpafyiv (to be astonied) ampin (to be at a loss, to be in trouble, to be at one's wits end) and 7v, the word which occurs in the text, Eustathius says, signifies one who is overwhelmed with abac, irksomeness, that is to say, by satiety or grief. — adri/tovsTv signifies, a'kvtiv xai awyjMiTv, i.e. to be in great distress, and to be almost beside one's- self for trouble.
38. l "Eug davdrov, even unto death) Such sorrow as might have led an ordinary mortal to commit suicide. — /ttivart uds, tarry ye here) You must not go with Me. — ^r 'E/AOI/, with Me) In great trials solitude is pleasing, yet so that friends be near at hand. Jesus commands His disciples to watch with Him, though He knew that they would not afford Him any assistance.
39. 'ET/ xpoffuvov, on His face) not only on His knees2— the deepest humiliation.3 — ndrzp MOV, My Father) Jesus prays as a Son. — «/' duvarov effn, if it is possible) cf. ver. 53, from which verse it also appears how promptly and perfectly Jesus sur-
W) wy soul) How great must have been the emotions and thoughts in the most holy soul of the Saviour in reference to the work com mitted to Him by the Father, as also in reference to His passion and His glory, especially during the last months, days, and hours before His death, throughout the very precious alternations which befell Him ; for instance when, as lie said, " He must be about His Father's business;" when He re ceived baptism ; when He overcame the Tempter ; when He put forth His zeal for His Father's House ; when He rejoiced in the " revelation made to infants of things hiddeu from the wise and prudent ;" when He was trans figured on the Mount ; when He set His face stedfastly toward Jerusalem ; when He solemnly entered the city ; when He said, u Now is My soul troubled," etc. ; when He washed the feet of the disciples ; when He spake the words, " Now is the Son of Man glorified ;" when He celebrated the last supper before His Passion with His disciples. And also in this very place, where He testifies that His " soul is sorrowful even unto death." Add the several divine sentences which He uttered on the Cross. — Harm., p. C26, 527.
2 Which Luke records. — V. g.
3 Such as occurs in His history, nowhere else. — V. g.
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rendered Himself to the will of the Father. — rb norripiov, the offered by the Father, brimful with the whole draught of suffer ing. — dsXu, I will) This Will of Jesus that the cup might pass away from Him, was not absolute without reference to His Father's Will. Cf. the latter part of John xxi. 18.1
40. E0fj/<rx£/ xadeuftovrat, findeth them asleep) The disciples should have been differently prepared. In this sleep they for got the promise which they had made in the thirty-fifth verse. — r(f> Uirpw, to Peter) referring to ver. 35. Although Peter had heard that he was about to fall, he is nevertheless commanded to watch and pray. — ouru$ oux. ia^\jaan, have you proved so ut terly incapable ?2) You who promised such great things ! This is too great weakness ; see ver. 41. — plav, one) Jesus therefore frequently watched alone for a long time together. — ypr,yoprt<sos,i, to watch) Prayers would gush forth spontaneously, if they watched ; see the following verse.
41. "iva, [L-TI e!d£X6rjTs, x.r.X., that ye, enter not, etc.) This was to be the subject of their prayer ; see Luke xxii. 40 ; cf. iva /&$ in ch. xxiv. 20. — tig KtipafffAbv, into temptation) which is close at hand, nay, which is already here. — TO ptv nvsupa,3 x.r.X., the spirit indeed, etc.) This statement, sin only excepted, was true also of Jesus at that time ; see Heb. v. 7. Therefore He also both watched and prayed, ver. 39, 40. — wevpa, spirit) Thence it is that the Apostles mention frequently flesh and spirit. — <rapg, flesh) We ought to take this, not as an excuse for torpor, but