Mark 14:35

35 And when he was gone forth a little, he felled down on the earth, and prayed, that if it might be, that the hour should pass from him. [+And when he had gone forth a little, he fell down on the earth, and prayed, that, if it might be, the hour should pass from him.]

Mark 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.

Mark 14:35 In-Context

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.]

35 And when he was gone forth a little, he felled down on the earth, and prayed, that if it might be, that the hour should pass from him. [+And when he had gone forth a little, he fell down on the earth, and prayed, that, if it might be, the hour should pass from him.]

36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things be possible to thee, bear over from me this cup; but not that I will, but that thou wilt, be done. [+And he said, Abba, Father, all things be possible to thee, turn from me this cup; but not that I will, but that thou wilt/but that that thou.]

37 And he came, and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter [And he saith to Peter], Simon, sleepest thou? mightest thou not wake with me one hour?