Matthew 26:36-39 Then comes Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder. I. THAT THE BODILY SUFFERINGS OF JESUS, however acute and protracted, COULD NOT CONSTITUTE A SUFFICIENT ATONEMENT FOR SIN. Nor meet the demands of a violated law. The bodily suffering is no adequate compensation for the evil committed. The soul is the chief sinner. The sufferings of Christ in His body could not be a sufficient atonement for sin because they did not exhaust the curse pronounced by the law against transgression. II. THE SEVERITY OF THE MEDIATOR'S SORROW. When He made His soul an offering for sin. 1. He suffered much from the temptations by which He was assailed. 2. From the ingratitude and malignity of man. 3. The soul-sorrow of Christ was produced by the sensible withholding of all comforting communication from heaven, and by the feeling of forsakenness in the hour of distress. 4. The sorrow of the Redeemer's soul rose to its height when he did actually endure the wrath of God due to our sins. (J. Macnaughton.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. |
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