Matthew 26:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. ”

• Matthew 26:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane - This account is also recorded in Mark 14:32-42 ; Luke 22:39-46 ; John 18:1 . Matthew 26:36 Then cometh ... - After the institution of the Lord’s Supper, in...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and (r) very heavy. (r) The word which he uses signifies great sorrow, and tremendous and deadly grief: this thing,...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Gethsemane ( Mark 14:32-42 *, Luke 22:39-46 ). Mt. is in closest agreement with Mk., except that he gives the words of the second prayer and states definitely that Jesus prayed a third time....

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• Matthew 26:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Peter, &c.: i.e. Peter, James, and John. Zebedee. See note on Matthew 4:21 . sorrowful and very heav . = full of anguish and distress. Greek. ademoneo . very heavy: only here, Mark 14:3...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  37. He began to be affected with grief. We have seen that our Lord formerly contended with the fear of death; but as he now fights face to face with temptation, such an attack is called the...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee - That is, James and John; the same persons wh...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He took with him Peter, &c.— These disciples were admitted to the most striking circumstances of our Lord's conduct: they were present when he raised Jairus's daughter; they were present at his...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 22:39-46 .

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• Matthew 26:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Betrayal. The Last Supper. Arrest of Jesus, and Trial Before the High Priest 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus ( Mark 14:1 ; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1 ).

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• Matthew 26:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. — The favoured three, as before at the Transfiguration, and in the death-chamber in the house of Jairus ( Matthew 17:1 ; Mark 5:37 ), were chose...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Hour When the Flesh Was Weak Matthew 26:36-46 In human life there is a close connection between our hymns and our olive-presses. We pass from the supper to the garden, from the emblems to t...

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• Matthew 26:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucifie...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. (37) And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and be...

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• Matthew 26:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee ,.... James and John, who perhaps were the strongest, and best able to bear the shocking sight, and were his favourite disciples; who were adm...

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• Matthew 26:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Ver. 37. And he took with him Peter, &c. ] He took the same that had seen his glory in the mo...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then cometh Jesus to a place called Gethsemane A garden, lying, it seems, at the foot of the mount of Olives, which had its name, probably, from its soil and situation, the word, from גיא שׂמנים, s...

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• Matthew 26:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Agony in the Garden.       36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here,...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 26:38 " .

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• Matthew 26:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Agony In The Garden (26:36-46). Jesus and His disciples arrive in Gethsemane. We who know what to expect recognise that the crucial hour has come, but it is salutary to recognise that prior to His...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 26:36 . Gethsemane = “the oil press.”—On the slope of the Mount of Olives. Probably there was, or had been, in it a press for the manufacture of olive oil. The identity o...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 26:36-46 Gethsemane. I. The first thing to which we direct attention, is the intense severity of the suffering which now overwhelmed and oppressed the mind of Christ. The extreme severity...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 26:14-15 . Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with hi...

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• Matthew 26:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 26:2 . After two day is the passover. This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα pascha, and the Hebrew word פסח pesach, because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb,...

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• Matthew 26:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A place called Gethsemane. The language and tone befitting our prayers to God To a thoughtful and inquiring mind, nothing will be more manifest than the decorum of our Saviour’s addresses to th...

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• Matthew 26:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM . Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the...

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• Matthew 26:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The arrival at Gethsemane:

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• Matthew 26:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 12:27 ; Luke 22:44 ; Mark 14:33 ; Mark 14:34 ; Mark 5:37 ; Matthew 17:1 ; Matthew 20:20 ; Matthew 4:18 ; Matthew 4:21

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• Matthew 26:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee — To be witnesses of all; he began to be sorrowful and in deep anguish — Probably from feeling the arrows of the Almighty stick fast in his sou...

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