Mark 14:32

32 And they came into a place, whose name is Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray. [+And they came into a place, to which the name was Gethsemane. And he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, the 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 And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, that to day before that the cock in this night crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. [+And Jesus saith to him, Truly I say to thee, for today before that the cock crow twice in this night, thrice thou shalt deny me.]
31 But he said more, Though it behoove, that I die together with thee, I shall not forsake thee [And he spake more, And if it shall behoove me to die together with thee, I shall not deny thee]. And in like manner all said.
32 And they came into a place, whose name is Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray. [+And they came into a place, to which the name was Gethsemane. And he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, the while I pray.]
33 And he took Peter and James and John with him, and began to dread, and to be distressed. [+And he taketh Peter and James and John with him, and began to dread, and to be heavy.]
34 And he said to them, My soul is sorrowful to the death; abide ye here, and wake ye with me. [+And he saith to them, My soul is sorrowful till to the death; sustain ye, or abide ye, here, and wake ye.]

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