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Matthew 26:41

Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He went away again the second time,.... To the same place as before, or at some little distance; after he had reproved his disciples for their sleeping, and had exhorted them to watchfulness and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Matthew 26:36-45

Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane - This account is also recorded in Mar 14:32-42; Luk 22:39-46; Joh 18:1. Mat 26:36 Then cometh ... - After the institution of the Lord’s Supper, in the early part of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak The touch of clemency mingled with the rebuke is characteristic of the gentleness of Jesus.