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The Crushing Weight of Sin
Commentators emphasize that Jesus' sorrow was not mere sadness but a soul-crushing agony, 'even unto death.' Matthew Henry explains this suffering was caused by the spiritual weight of our sin being laid upon Him. As He was 'made a curse for us,' He experienced the full emotional cost of our redemption, which should cause believers to view their own sin with great seriousness.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 14:34
19th Century
Preacher
These three were to make his closest bodyguard, to inform him if any came.
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On Mark 14:34
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 14:34
17th Century
Pastor
And says to them
The above three disciples;
my soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death
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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…