Marcos 14:35

35 Indo um pouco mais adiante, prostrou-se e orava para que, se possível, fosse afastada dele aquela 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 Levou consigo Pedro, Tiago e João, e começou a ficar aflito e angustiado.

34 E disse-lhes: “A minha alma está profundamente triste, numa tristeza mortal. Fiquem aqui e vigiem”.

35 Indo um pouco mais adiante, prostrou-se e orava para que, se possível, fosse afastada dele aquela hora.

36 E dizia: “Aba, Pai, tudo te é possível. Afasta de mim este cálice; contudo, não seja o que eu quero, mas sim o que tu queres”.

37 Então, voltou aos seus discípulos e os encontrou dormindo. “Simão”, disse ele a Pedro, “você está dormindo? Não pôde vigiar nem por uma hora?