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Mark 14:33

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

KJV

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

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This verse in Mark 14

Commentary

13 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 735.

(ubi sup.) As being God, dwelling in the body, He shows the frailty of flesh, that the blasphemy of those who deny the mystery of His Incarnation might find no place; for having taken up a body, He must needs also take up all that belongs to the body, hunger, thirst, pain, grief; for the Godhead cannot suffer the changes of these affections.

This site's exposition

a place called Gethsemane

on Mark 14:32-34

Gethsemane means oil press, and there He took with Him Peter, James, and John, the three who saw the transfiguration in Mark 9:2. To them He says, My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death.

This site's exposition

Peter, James, and John

These three had seen his glory in chapter 9. Theophylact says they were brought to see his sorrow as well, and so to learn that he was truly man. Bede adds that his distress answers those who deny that the Son took a real body.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church5 voices

A commentator

Bonaventure

Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 7 · Written in the 13th century.

proposed

But who will deliver us from these plagues? Certainly there is one alone who came to deliver us, namely Christ, who made ten condescensions against the ten plagues. The first was down to our flesh. The second was down to our mortality. The third, to …

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark · Written before 1107.

proposed

He takes with Him only those three disciples who were eyewitnesses of His glory on Tabor, so that they, having seen His glorious state, might also see His state of sorrow, and thus come to know that He is True Man and grieves and anguishes …
By this also we are taught to fear and to be sorrowful before the judgment of death, for not by ourselves, but by Him only, can we say, The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me. (John 14:30) There follows: Tarry ye here, and watch.

A commentator

Bede

On the Gospel of Mark · Written before 735.

proposed

And He takes Peter, and James, and John with Him, and began to be afraid and to be very sorrowful. And He said to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Christ is afraid, while Peter is not afraid. Christ is afraid; Peter says: …

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 1107.

proposed

And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John. He takes only those who had been witnesses of His glory on Mount Tabor, that they who had seen His glory might also see His sufferings, and learn that He is really man, in that He is sorrowful. And began to be sore amazed, and very heavy. For since He had taken on Himself the whole of human nature, He took also those natural things which belong to man, amazement, heaviness, and sorrow; for men are naturally unwilling to die.
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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

39 ); and therefore Christ takes them to stand by, and see what a struggle he had with the bloody baptism and the bitter cup, to convince them that they knew not what they said. It is fit that they who are most confident, should be first tried, that they may be made sensible of their folly and weakness. There he was in a tremendous agitation (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Was Christ in such an agony for our sins, and shall we never be in an agony about them? How should we look upon him whom we have pressed, whom we have pierced, and mourn, and be in bitterness! It becomes us to be exceeding sorrowful for sin, because Christ was so, and never to make a mock at it.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

The history of our Lord's agony in the garden of Gethsemane is a deep and mysterious passage of Scripture. It contains things which the wisest divines cannot fully explain. Yet it has upon its surface plain truths of most momentous importance. Let us mark, in the first place, how keenly our Lord felt the burden of a world's sin . It is written that He began to be filled with horror and deep distress.
The history of our Lord's agony in the garden of Gethsemane is a deep and mysterious passage of Scripture. It contains things which the wisest divines cannot fully explain. Yet it has upon its surface plain truths of most momentous importance. Let us mark, in the first place, how keenly our Lord felt the burden of a world's sin . It is written that He began to be filled with horror and deep distress. He told them, "My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death," and that "he fell on the ground, and prayed, that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him." There is only one reasonable explanation of these expressions. It was no mere fear of the physical suffering of death, which drew them from our Lord's lips. It was a sense of the enormous load of human guilt, which began at that time to press upon Him in a peculiar way. It was a sense of the unutterable weight of our sins and transgressions which were then specially laid upon Him. He was being "made a curse for us." He was bearing our griefs and carrying our sorrows according to the covenant He came on earth to fulfill. He was being "made sin for us who Himself knew no sin." His holy nature felt acutely the hideous burden laid upon Him. These were the reasons of His extraordinary sorrow. We ought to see in our Lord's agony in Gethsemane the exceeding sinfulness of sin. It is a subject on which the thoughts of professing Christians are far below what they should be. The careless, light way in which such sins as swearing, Sabbath-breaking, lying, and the like, are often spoken of, is a painful evidence of the low condition of men's moral feelings. Let the recollection of Gethsemane have a sanctifying effect upon us. Whatever others do, let us never "make a mock at sin." Let us mark, in the second place, what an example our Lord gives us of the importance of prayer in time of trouble .

The words behind it

17 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

17 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Mark 9:2After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.6 worksLuke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.5 worksMark 5:37And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.5 worksHebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.4 worksMark 1:16–19As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.3 worksMark 1:19Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.3 works
The other 11 cross-references, with their words ▾
Mark 10:35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”3 worksLuke 8:51When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.3 worksMark 3:17James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),3 worksPsalms 69:1–3Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.2 worksPsalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.2 worksPsalms 88:14–16Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?2 worksLuke 6:14Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;2 worksActs 1:13When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.2 worksMark 13:3While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,2 worksIsaiah 53:10Yet 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.1 worksMatthew 26:37–38He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 5:7

    During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…

    it leads to

    • Luke 22:41–44

      And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,

    • Matthew 27:46

      About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

    • John 17:1

      When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

    • Mark 14:32–39

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

    • John 17:4–5

      I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

  • Through

    Luke 22:44

    And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

    it leads to

    • 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…

    • Hebrews 5:7

      During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…

    • Psalms 22:12–21

      Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Where this verse is studied

About Mark

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This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels; Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; Bonaventure, Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 7; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Pseudo-Jerome, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark and Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas.

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