Marcos 14:35

35 Yendo un poco más allá, se postró en tierra y empezó a orar que, de ser posible, no tuviera él que pasar por aquella hora.

Marcos 14:35 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:35

And he went forward a little
About a stone's cast, ( Luke 22:41 ) ,

and fell on the ground, and prayed;
he fell on his face to the ground, which was a praying posture. One of the Jewish canons concerning it, is this ^F1:

``worshipping, how is it done? after a man has lifted up his head; he bows it five times, he sits upon the ground, and "falls upon his face", (hura) , "to the ground", and supplicates with whatsoever supplication he pleases: worshipping, or bowing, is the stretching out of hands and feet, until a man is found cast upon his face to the ground.''

(See Gill on Matthew 26:39). The supplication Christ made in this posture was,

that, it were possible, the hour might pass from him;
the time fixed and agreed upon for his sufferings and death; that is, that it might pass without his enduring them, if there was any possibility of excusing him, and of his people's being saved without them; (See Gill on Matthew 26:39).

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Maimon. Hilch. Tephilla, c. 5. sect. 13.

Marcos 14:35 In-Context

33 Se llevó a Pedro, a Jacobo y a Juan, y comenzó a sentir temor y tristeza.

34 «Es tal la angustia que me invade que me siento morir —les dijo—. Quédense aquí y vigilen».

35 Yendo un poco más allá, se postró en tierra y empezó a orar que, de ser posible, no tuviera él que pasar por aquella hora.

36 Decía: «Abba, Padre, todo es posible para ti. No me hagas beber este trago amargo, pero no sea lo que yo quiero, sino lo que quieres tú».

37 Luego volvió a sus discípulos y los encontró dormidos. «Simón —le dijo a Pedro—, ¿estás dormido? ¿No pudiste mantenerte despierto ni una hora?