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Then cometh, &c. The Structure (p. 1305) shows the correspondence between the Temptation in the Wilderness (Mat_4:1-11) and the Agony in the Garden (Mat_26:36-46). That both were an assault of Satan is shown in Luk_22:53, Joh_14:30; and by the fact that in each case angelic ministration was given. Compare Mat_4:11 with Luk_22:43.
place. Not the usual word, or the same as in Mat_26:52, but Greek. chorion = field, or farmstead; used as "place" is in Eng. of a separated spot, in contrast with the town. Compare its ten occurrences (here, Mar_14:32. Joh_4:5. Act_1:18, Act_1:19, Act_1:19; Act_4:34; Act_5:3, Act_5:8; Act_28:7).
Gethsemane. An Aramaic word. See App-94.
pray. Greek. proseuchomai. App-134.:2. As in verses: Mat_26:39, Mat_26:41, Mat_26:42, Mat_39:44. Not the same as in Mat_26:53.