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They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
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The Crushing Place
Commentators note that Gethsemane, located on the Mount of Olives, means 'olive press.' This location symbolically foreshadows the immense spiritual pressure and crushing agony Jesus was about to endure for our sins. Scholars add that it was a familiar place of retreat for Jesus, making the events here even more poignant.
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Which was named (ου το ονομα). Literally, "whose name was." On Gethsemane see on Mt 26:36.
While I pray (ε…
19th Century
Anglican
While I shall pray.—Literally, until I shall have prayed.
Baptist
And he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
Eight of you keep watching at the garden gate to let me know when my…
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Gethsemane was a garden located somewhere on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives, in which there were olive trees and olive presses. It was one…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they came to a place which is named Gethsemane At the foot of the Mount of Olives, where the olives, which grew …
Presbyterian
Christ's sufferings began with the most severe of all: those in His soul. He began to be greatly distressed—words not used in Matthew, but very ful…
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