John Gill Commentary Mark 14:35

"And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him." — Mark 14:35 (ASV)

And he went forward a little

About a stone's cast, (Luke 22:41).

and fell on the ground, and prayed ;

He fell on his face to the ground, which was a praying posture. One of the Jewish canons concerning it is this^F1:

that, it were possible, the hour might pass from him ;

The time fixed and agreed upon for his sufferings and death; that is, that it might pass without his enduring them, if there was any possibility of excusing him, and of his people's being saved without them; (See Gill on Matthew 26:39).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: ``worshipping, how is it done? after a man has lifted up his head; he bows it five times, he sits upon the ground, and "falls upon his face", (hura) , "to the ground", and supplicates with whatever supplication he pleases: worshipping, or bowing, is the stretching out of hands and feet, until a man is cast upon his face to the ground.'' (See Gill on Matthew 26:39). Maimon. Hilch. Tephilla, c. 5. sect. 13.