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Mark 14:34 KJV
Mark · chapter 14 · verse 34
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.Mark 14:34 · King James Version
Mark 14:34 in context
32And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sorrowfulperilyposvery sad, exceedingly sorrowful, overcome with sorrow so much as to cause one's deathG4036 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- deaththanatosthe death of the body, that separation of the soul and the body by which the life on…G2288 →
- soulpsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
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Christ is here entering upon his sufferings, and begins with those which were the sorest of all his sufferings, those in his soul. Here we have him in his agony; this melancholy story we had in Matthew; this agony in soul was the wormwood and the gall in the affliction and misery;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 32-42