Matthew 26:38 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 26:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.”

Then he said to them: my soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me. The depth of the sorrow — very sorrowful, even to death — and the request to remain and watch communicates the vulnerability and the need for human companionship in the hour of the most extreme spiritual anguish. The watch communicates the Olivet Discourse's watch command applied to the disciples in the most immediate and personal way.

Church Fathers on Matthew 26:38

The Evangelist had said a little above, that 'when they had sung an hymn they went out to the mount of Olives;' to point out the part of the mount to which they took their way, he now adds, 'Then came Jesus with them to a garden called Gethsemane.'
Remigius · 9th century

Luke says, 'To the mount of Olives,' [Luke 22:39] and John, 'Went forth over the brook Cedron, where was a garden,' [John 18:1] which is the same as this Gethsemane, and is a place where He prayed at the foot of mount Olivet, where is a garden, and a Church now built. [ed. note: This is probably from Areulfus' account in Adamnantus de Locis Sanctis, c. 23 (ap. Act. Benedict. iv 502) as he quoted him by name, above, p. 95]
Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

Gethsemane is interpreted, 'The rich valley;' and there He bade His disciples sit a little while, and wait His return whilst He prayed alone for all.
Jerome · 4th century

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