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38 (A)Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death.[a] Remain here and keep watch with me.” 39 (B)He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, “My Father,[b] if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.”

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Footnotes

  1. 26:38 Cf. Ps 42:6, 12. In the Septuagint (Ps 41:5, 12) the same Greek word for sorrowful is used as here. To death: i.e., “enough to die”; cf. Jon 4:9.
  2. 26:39 My Father: see note on Mk 14:36. Matthew omits the Aramaic ’abbā’ and adds the qualifier my. This cup: see note on Mk 10:38–40.

38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow(A) to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”(B)

39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup(C) be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(D)

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