Matthew 26:30-46 NIV,NKJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:32

After I am risen again. He comforts his followers now, as always, with the announcement that after his Passion and death he would rise again and meet them. So in the prophet's words succeeding the quotation there is a similar encouragement, "I will turn mine hand upon the little ones;" i.e. I will cover and protect the humble and meek, even after they fled and were scattered. I will go before you ( προα ì ξω ὑμᾶς ) into Galilee ( Matthew 28:7 ). The verb is of pastoral... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:33

Peter answered and said unto him . This self-confident answer seems to have been made after he had received the warning recorded by St. Luke ( Luke 22:31 ), "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat; but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not." He cannot believe that he, the rock man, can be guilty of such defection. Though all [men] shall be offended because of ( ἐν , verse 31) thee . The addition of "men" in the Authorized... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:34

Peter's boast elicits a crushing reply from his Lord, foretelling the special sin of which he would be guilty, and the very time of the night when it should be committed. This night, before the cock crow. The word "cock" is without the article, so the meaning may be "before a cock crow;" i.e. probably before midnight. Cocks were unclean birds, and not kept by strict Jews, and their voice was not much heard in Jerusalem; though it is quite different now, where barn door fowls swarm round... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:34

Self-knowledge and Divine knowledge. Jesus knew Peter better than he knew himself. Any observant man would have told wherein lay peril for such an repulsive, hastily outspoken, warm-hearted man. Our Lord divinely "knew what was in man," and foresaw the coming danger. We are all keen enough at estimating the character of others, but we cannot do it with any certainty, because we can only make our experience of ourselves our standard of judgment. And oftentimes those who are most ready to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:35

Though I should die with thee ( κἀ Ì ν δε ì ῃ με συ Ì ν σοι Ì ἀποθανεῖν , even if I must die with thee ) . Christ's explanation of his meaning only drew from Peter a more energetic asseveration of his constancy even unto death. "He thought he was able," says St. Augustine, "because he felt that he wished." The other apostles made a similar assertion, and Jesus said no more, leaving time to prove the truth of his sad foreboding. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36

Gethsemane (equivalent to "oil press"). Jesus retired thither for privacy and for prayer in anticipation of what was coming. St. John explains, "Where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples." This so called garden was situated a short distance from the bridge over the Kedron, at the foot of the Mount of Olives. It was a plantation of olives; and there are many of these trees, some of great age, still growing in the neighbourhood. The fanciful idea that some of these... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36

Truths learnt in Gethsemane. A little garden on the side of the Mount of Olives is now shown to travellers as the garden of Gethsemane. It is enclosed with a wall. A few olive trees remain, possibly the descendants of those that covered Jesus with their shade. This spot is, however, too close to the city, and too near a main road, to have provided our Lord with the seclusion that he sought. Dr. Thomson tells of gardens a little further off, less than a mile from the city, and says that he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36-46

The agedly of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. ( Mark 14:32-42 ; Luke 22:39-46 ; John 18:1 .) read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36-46

The agony in the garden. Jesus, with his apostles, after the eventful moonlight walk from Jerusalem, came to a place at the foot of the Mount of Olives, called "Gethsemane," or the oil presses. Here he entered upon a scene the moral grandeur of which is only exceeded by that of Calvary. The olive in the oil press, like the grape in the wine press, was trodden (see Micah 6:15 ). The sufferings of the Lord in the garden were purely mental; those on the cross were physical also. Meditate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:37

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... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:35

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:36-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:37

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