41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-46)We have here the awful story of Christ’s agony in the garden , just before he was betrayed, which was largely related by the other evangelists. In it Christ accommodated himself to that part of his undertaking which he was now entering upon—the making of his soul an offering for sin . He afflicted his own soul with grief for the sin he was to satisfy for, and an apprehension of the wrath of God to…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.