Matthew 26:36-39 Then comes Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder.… In the garden Christ is exhibited to us in a two-fold character-as our surety and as our example. As our surety, suffering for us, and as our example, teaching us how to suffer. I. Our surety. 1. How great were the sufferings of the Redeemer, and what was their true character. 2. How terrible the wrath of God is. 3. How great the guilt of sin is. 4. How great is the love of the Father and of the Son for sinners. II. Our example. From it we learn — 1. That our being severely afflicted is no proof that we are not the children of God. 2. That it is not sinful to shrink from affliction or suffering of any kind, and to plead exemption from it. 3. The duty of submission to the will of God even under the greatest trials. 4. The efficacy of prayer in bringing support and comfort under affliction. (A. L. R. Foote.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. |
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