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Mat 26:38.[1146] Ἕως θανάτου, even unto death) Such sorrow as might have led an ordinary mortal to commit suicide.-μείνατε ὧδε, tarry ye here) You must not go with Me.-μετʼ Ἐμοῦ, with Me) In great trials solitude is pleasing, yet so that friends be near at hand. Jesus commands His disciples to watch with Him, though He knew that they would not afford Him any assistance.
[1146] ἡ ψυκή μου, my soul) How great must have been the emotions and thoughts in the most holy soul of the Saviour in reference to the work committed to Him by the Father, as also in reference to His passion and His glory, especially during the last months, days, and hours before His death, throughout the very precious alternations which befell Him; for instance when, as He said, “He must be about His Father’s business;” when He received baptism; when He overcame the Tempter; when He put forth His zeal for His Father’s House; when He rejoiced in the “revelation made to infants of things hidden from the wise and prudent;” when He was transfigured on the Mount; when He set His face stedfastly toward Jerusalem; when He solemnly entered the city; when He said, “Now is My soul troubled,” etc.; when He washed the feet of the disciples; when He spake the words, “Now is the Son of Man glorified;” when He celebrated the last supper before His Passion with His disciples. And also in this very place, where He testifies that His “soul is sorrowful even unto death.” Add the several divine sentences which He uttered on the Cross.-Harm., p. 526, 527.