Marc 14:35

35 Et s'en allant un peu plus avant, il se prosterna contre terre, priant que, s'il était possible, cette heure s'éloignât de lui.

Marc 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.

Marc 14:35 In-Context

33 Et il prit avec lui Pierre, Jacques et Jean; et il commença à être saisi de frayeur et fort agité.

34 Et il leur dit: Mon âme est saisie de tristesse jusqu'à la mort; demeurez ici et veillez.

35 Et s'en allant un peu plus avant, il se prosterna contre terre, priant que, s'il était possible, cette heure s'éloignât de lui.

36 Et il disait: Abba! Père! toutes choses te sont possibles; détourne cette coupe de moi; toutefois non pas comme je veux, mais comme tu veux.

37 Et il revint et les trouva endormis; et il dit à Pierre: Simon, tu dors! n'as-tu pu veiller une heure?