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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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AT Robertson
On Mark 14:32
Which was named (ου το ονομα). Literally, "whose name was." On Gethsemane see on Mt 26:36.
While I pray (ε…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 14:32
19th Century
Bishop
While I shall pray.—Literally, until I shall have prayed.
Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 14:32
19th Century
Preacher
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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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 14:32
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…
John Gill
On Mark 14:32
17th Century
Pastor
And they came to a place which is named Gethsemane
At the foot of the Mount of Olives, where the olives, which grew …
Matthew Henry
On Mark 14:32–42
17th Century
Minister
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 f…