It is probable that our Lord spent considerable time in prayer, and that the evangelists have recorded the substance of his petitions rather than t…

If this cup may not pass away from me — A slight change of tone is perceptible in this prayer compared to the first. Huma…

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done…

Origen of Alexandria: He took the self-confident Peter and the others with Him, so that they might see Him falling on His fac…

Jesus returns to pray “the same thing.” As Jesus learned obedience (Hebrews 5:7–9), so he became the supreme model for his own teaching…

Again he went away a second time. By these words, it seems as if Christ, having subdued fear, came with greater freedom and courage to sub…

He went away again the second time
To the same place as before, or at some little distance; after he had reproved hi…

He who made atonement for the sins of mankind submitted himself in a garden of suffering to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garde…

After the institution of the new Sacrament has been related, Christ here foretells the future stumbling of the disciples. The Evangelist, first, es…