Matthew 26:37
New International Version
He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

New Living Translation
He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed.

English Standard Version
And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

Berean Standard Bible
He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Berean Literal Bible
And having taken with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

King James Bible
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

New King James Version
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

New American Standard Bible
And He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, and began to be grieved and distressed.

NASB 1995
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

NASB 1977
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

Amplified Bible
And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.

Christian Standard Bible
Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

American Standard Version
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he took Kaypha and the two sons of Zebedee, and he began to be saddened and to be disheartened.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus took along Peter and the two brothers, James and John. He was very sad and troubled,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad.

English Revised Version
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He took Peter and Zebedee's two sons with him. He was beginning to feel deep anguish.

Good News Translation
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him,

International Standard Version
Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.

Literal Standard Version
And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;

Majority Standard Bible
He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

New American Bible
He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to feel sorrow and distress.

NET Bible
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

New Revised Standard Version
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated.

New Heart English Bible
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Weymouth New Testament
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zabdi. Then He began to be full of anguish and distress,

World English Bible
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.

Young's Literal Translation
And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;

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Context
Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
36At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”…

Cross References
Matthew 4:21
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

Matthew 17:1
After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Mark 5:37
And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.


Treasury of Scripture

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Peter.

Matthew 4:18,21
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers…

Matthew 17:1
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

Matthew 20:20
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

sorrowful.

Mark 14:33,34
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; …

Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

John 12:27
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

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Matthew 26
1. Jesus foretells his own death.
3. The rulers conspire against him.
6. The woman anoints his feet.
14. Judas bargains to betray him.
17. Jesus eats the Passover;
26. institutes his holy supper;
30. foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;
36. prays in the garden;
47. and being betrayed by a kiss,
57. is carried to Caiaphas,
69. and denied by Peter.














(37) He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee.--The favoured three, as before at the Transfiguration, and in the death-chamber in the house of Jairus (Matthew 17:1; Mark 5:37), were chosen out of the chosen. Their professions of devotion justified, as it were, the belief that they, at least, could "watch and pray" with Him. The nearness and sympathy of friends were precious even when personal solitude was felt to be a necessity.

And began to be sorrowful and very heavy.--The Greek word for the latter verb occurs only here, in the parallel passage of Mark 14:33, and Philippians 2:26, where it is translated "full of heaviness." Its primary meaning is thought by some philologists to have been that of "satiety," hence, "loathing" and "ill at ease." Others, however, find its root-thought in being "far from home," and so weary and perplexed. There is, it is obvious, a mysterious contrast between the calm, triumphant serenity which had shone in the look and tone of the Son of Man up to this point, and had reached its highest point in the prayer of John 17, and the anguish and distress that were now apparent. The change has, however, its manifold analogies in the experience of those who are nearest to their Master in sufferings and character. They, too, know how suddenly they may pass from confidence and joy as to a horror of great darkness. And in His sufferings we must remember there was an element absolutely unique. It was His to "tread the wine-press" alone (Isaiah 63:3). It was not only, as it might be with other martyrs, the natural shrinking of man's nature from pain and death, nor yet the pain of finding treachery and want of true devotion where there had been the promise of faithfulness. The intensity of His sympathy at that moment made the sufferings and sins of mankind His own, and the burden of those sins weighed upon His soul as greater than He could bear (Isaiah 53:4-6). . . .

Verse 37. - Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. These three had been privileged to behold his transfiguration, and that glimpse of his glory strengthened them to bear the partial sight of their dear Lord's sufferings. Did his human heart crave for sympathy, and did he desire not to be utterly alone at this awful crisis? We may well suppose so, as he was true Man, with all man's feelings and sensibilities. Began to be sorrowful and very heavy (ἀδημονεῖν, to be sore dismayed). This word seems to be used of the dismay that comes with an unexpected calamity. St. Mark tells us that Christ was "sore amazed" (ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι). It is as though the prospect of what was coming suddenly opened to his vision and overwhelmed him. He now set before himself, i.e. his human consciousness, the sufferings which he had to undergo, with all that led to them, and all that would follow, and the burden was crushing.

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Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He took with Him
παραλαβὼν (paralabōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3880: From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.

Peter
Πέτρον (Petron)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

sons
υἱοὺς (huious)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

of Zebedee
Ζεβεδαίου (Zebedaiou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2199: Zebedee, father of the apostles James and John. Of Hebrew origin; Zebedaeus, an Israelite.

[and] began
ἤρξατο (ērxato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 756: To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.

to be sorrowful
λυπεῖσθαι (lypeisthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's 3076: To pain, grieve, vex. From lupe; to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

deeply distressed.
ἀδημονεῖν (adēmonein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 85: To feel fear, lack courage, be distressed, troubled. From a derivative of adeo; to be in distress.


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