Mar 14:32-42, Luk 22:39-46, Joh 18:1 | Barnes | STEP | Verses 32-42. (s) "And they came"

Mark 14:32-42

(s) "And they came" Mt 26:36, Lk 22:39, Jn 18:1 Verse 34.

(t) "soul is" Jn 12:27 Verse 35.

(u) "prayed" Heb 5:7 Verse 36. Abba. This word denotes father. It is a Syriac word, and is used by our Saviour as a word denoting filial affection and tenderness. See Rom 8:15.

(v) "Said, Abba" Rom 8:15, Gal 4:6 (w) "nevertheless, not" Ps 40:8, Jn 4:34, 5:30, 6:38,39, 18:11, Php 2:8. Verse 38.

(x) "spirit truly" Rom 7:18-25, Gal 5:17 Verse 40. Neither wist they, etc. Neither knew they. They were so conscious of the impropriety of sleeping at that time, that they could not find any answer to give to the inquiry why they had done it. Verse 41. It is enough. There has been much difficulty in determining the meaning of this phrase. Campbell translates it, "All is over;" i.e., the time when you could have been of service to me is gone by. They might have aided him by watching for him, when they were sleeping; but now the time was past, and he was already, as it were, in the hands of his enemies. It is not improbable, however, that after his agony some time elapsed before Judas came. He had required them to watch, i. e., to keep awake, during that season of agony. After that, they might have been suffered to sleep, while Jesus watched alone. As he saw Judas approach, he probably roused them, saying, It is sufficient--as much repose has been taken as is allowable--the enemy is near, and the Son of man is about to be betrayed.

(y) "hour is come" Jn 7:30, 8:20, 13:1

Luke 22:39-46

Verses 39-46. Mt 26:30 through Mt 26:31-46. Mk 14:26 through Mr 14:27-42.

Verse 39.

(z) "He went out" Mt 26:36, Mk 14:32, Jn 18:1 Verse 42.

(3) "Remove this cup" or "willing to remove" Verse 43. Strengthening him. His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was God, how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature alone sustain the human? But the fact that he was divine does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit, the friend of God, and beloved of God, and holy, why, if he was a mere man, did not God sustain him alone, without an angel's intervening ? But the objection in neither case would have any force. The man, Christ Jesus, was suffering. His human nature was in agony, and it is the manner of God to sustain the afflicted by the intervention of others; nor was there any more unfitness in sustaining the human nature of his Son in this manner than any other sufferer.

(a) "angel" Mt 4:11 Verse 44. In an agony. Mt 26:42, also Mt 26:43-44

(b) "agony" Lam 1:12, Jn 12:27, He 5:7 Verse 45. Sleeping for sorrow. On account of the greatness of their sorrow. Mt 26:40. Verse 46.

John 18:1

Verse 1. The brook Cedron. This was a small stream that flowed to the east of Jerusalem, through the valley of Jehoshaphat, and divided the city from the Mount of Olives. It was also called Kidron and Kedron. In summer it is almost dry. The word used here by the evangelist--χειμαρρου denotes properly a water-stream (from χειμα shower or water, and ρεω, ροδς, to flow, flowing), and the idea is that of a stream that was swollen by rain or by the melting of the snow (Passow, Lex.). This small rivulet runs along on the east of Jerusalem till it is joined by the water of the pool of Siloam, and the water that flows down on the west side of the city through the valley of Jehoshaphat, and then goes off in a south-east direction to the Dead Sea. (See the Map of the Environs of Jerusalem in vol. i.) Over this brook David passed when he fled from Absalom, 2Sam 15:23. It is often mentioned in the Old Testament, 1Kgs 15:13; 2Chr 15:16; 2Chr 30:14; 2Kgs 23:6,12.

Where was a garden. On the west side of the Mount of Olives. This was called Gethsemane. Mt 26:36. It is probable that this was the property of some wealthy man in Jerusalem--perhaps some friend of the Saviour. It was customary for the rich in great cities to have country-seats in the vicinity. This, it seems, was so accessible that Jesus was accustomed to visit it, and yet so retired as to be a suitable place for devotion.

(a) "Cedron" 2Sam 15:23