Mark 14:32

32 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."

Mark 14:32 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:32

And they came to a place which is named Gethsemane
At the foot of the Mount of Olives, where the olives, which grew in great plenty on the mount, were pressed: and where our Lord began to be bruised, for our sins: and be saith to his disciples:
to eight of them: sit ye here while I shall pray;
at some distance from hence; (See Gill on Matthew 26:36).

Mark 14:32 In-Context

30 Jesus said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times."
31 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." Likewise, they all said so.
32 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly alarmed and distressed.
34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."

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