Matthew 26:38
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Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay you here and watch with me.

My.

Job 6:2-4 O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. . . .

Psalm 88:1-7,14-16 A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite. [2] O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee. . . .

Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Isaiah 53:3,10 Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not. . . .

Romans 8:32 He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how hath he not also, with him, given us all things?

2 Corinthians 5:21 Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us: that we might be made the justice of God in him.

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree).

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

tarry.

Matthew 26:40 And he cometh to his disciples and findeth them asleep. And he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?

Matthew 25:13 Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.

1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore and watch in prayers.

Context
Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad. 38Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay you here and watch with me. 39And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt.…
Cross References
Psalm 42:5
Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance,

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

Matthew 26:40
And he cometh to his disciples and findeth them asleep. And he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?

Matthew 26:41
Watch ye: and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Mark 14:34
And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay you here and watch.

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

Lexicon
Then
τότε (tote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

He said
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

soul
ψυχή (psychē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

consumed with sorrow
Περίλυπός (Perilypos)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4036: Very sorrowful, greatly grieved. From peri and lupe; grieved all around, i.e. Intensely sad.

to the point
ἕως (heōs)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.

of death.
θανάτου (thanatou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.

Stay
μείνατε (meinate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

here
ὧδε (hōde)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither.

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

keep watch
γρηγορεῖτε (grēgoreite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1127: (a) I am awake (in the night), watch, (b) I am watchful, on the alert, vigilant. From egeiro; to keep awake, i.e. Watch.

with
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

Me.”
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


Additional Translations
Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

Then He says to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch with Me."

Then said he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry you here, and watch with me.

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.

Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.

Then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me."

Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."

then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'
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