And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down , and prayed,
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Gill's Exposition
Saying, Father, if thou be willing,.... If it be consistent with thy will of saving sinners, and which thou hast declared to me, and I have undertook to perform: the other evangelists say, "if it be…
See the Mat. 26:30-46 notes; Mark 14:26-42 notes. Luk 22:43 Strengthening him - His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not…
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…
Cambridge Bible
he was withdrawn Literally, "He was taken away," or -He tore Himself away" (comp. Luk 21:1), shewing the reluctance with which He parted from this support of loving sympathy under the imperious…