Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 14].
14:33 {Greatly amazed and sore troubled} (\ekthambeisthai kai
ad•monein\). Mt 26:37 has "sorrowful and sore troubled." See on
Matt. about \ad•monein\. Mark alone uses \exthambeisthai\ (here
and in 9:15). There is a papyrus example given by Moulton and
Milligan's _Vocabulary_. The verb \thambe•\ occurs in Mr 10:32
for the amazement of the disciples at the look of Jesus as he
went toward Jerusalem. Now Jesus himself feels amazement as he
directly faces the struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane. He wins
the victory over himself in Gethsemane and then he can endure the
loss, despising the shame. For the moment he is rather amazed and
homesick for heaven. "Long as He had foreseen the Passion, when
it came clearly into view its terror exceeded His anticipations"
(Swete). "He learned from what he suffered," (Heb 5:8) and this
new experience enriched the human soul of Jesus.
14:35 {Fell on the ground} (\epipten epi t•s g•s\). Descriptive
imperfect. See him falling. Matthew has the aorist \epesen\.
{Prayed} (\pros•ucheto\). Imperfect, prayed repeatedly or
inchoative, began to pray. Either makes good sense. {The hour}
(\h• h•ra\). Jesus had long looked forward to this "hour" and had
often mentioned it (Joh 7:30; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1). See again
in Mr 14:41. Now he dreads it, surely a human trait that all
can understand.
14:36 {Abba, Father} (\Abba ho pat•r\). Both Aramaic and Greek
and the article with each. This is not a case of translation, but
the use of both terms as is Ga 4:6, a probable memory of Paul's
childhood prayers. About "the cup" see on ¯Mt 26:39. It is not
possible to take the language of Jesus as fear that he might die
before he came to the Cross. He was heard (Heb 5:7f.) and
helped to submit to the Father's will as he does instantly. {Not
what I will} (\ou ti eg• thel•\). Matthew has "as" (\h•s\). We
see the humanity of Jesus in its fulness both in the Temptations
and in Gethsemane, but without sin each time. And this was the
severest of all the temptations, to draw back from the Cross. The
victory over self brought surrender to the Father's will.
14:37 {Simon, sleepest thou?} (\Sim•n, katheudeis;\). The old
name, not the new name, Peter. Already his boasted loyalty was
failing in the hour of crisis. Jesus fully knows the weakness of
human flesh (see on ¯Mt 26:41).
14:40 {Very heavy} (\katabarunomenoi\). Perfective use of \kata-\
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