Matthew 26:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

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  • John 12:27 : 27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all– how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us(because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
  • Job 6:2-4 : 2 “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! 3 But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
  • Ps 88:1-7 : 1 A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you. 2 Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! 3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. 4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6 You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. 7 Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)
  • Ps 88:14-16 : 14 O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me? 15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. 16 Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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  • Mark 14:31-42
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    31 But Peter insisted emphatically,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

    32 Gethsemane Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples,“Sit here while I pray.”

    33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

    34 He said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”

    35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

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

    37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?

    38 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

    39 He went away again and prayed the same thing.

    40 When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

    41 He came a third time and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

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    34 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

    35 Peter said to him,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

    36 Gethsemane Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples,“Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

    37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

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    39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

    40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

    41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

    42 He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”

    43 He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.

    44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

    45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    46 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

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    39 On the Mount of Olives Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

    40 When he came to the place, he said to them,“Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

    41 He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

    42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”[

    43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

    44 And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

    45 When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

    46 So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”

  • 22 They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him,“Surely not I, Lord?”

  • 27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

  • 26 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

  • 33 But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

  • 21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified,“I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”

  • 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

  • 19 They were distressed, and one by one said to him,“Surely not I?”

  • 30 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

  • 37 What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

  • 1 Betrayal and Arrest When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.

  • 22 For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

  • 32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

  • 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

  • 36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

  • 46 At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

  • 15 And he said to them,“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

  • 1 The Plot Against Jesus When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

  • 28 “You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials.