Matthew 26:36-56

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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August 25, 2010
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   *(From: XXI. MATTHEW 26:1-28:20)*


 *D. 26:36-56 PRAYER AND BETRAYAL OF JESUS AT GETHSEMANE*

*1. 26:36-46 AGONY OF PRAYER IN THE GARDEN*

*a. 26:36 JESUS PLANS PRAYER AT GETHSEMANE*

TOte ERche-tai met' auT*O*N ho I*e*SOUS eis ch*o*RIon [5564] leGOme-non
Geth-s*e*-maNEI,

*Then comes :Jesus with them unto an enclosure called Gethsemane,*

kai LEgei tois ma-th*e*TAIS,

*and says to the disciples,*

KaTHIsa-te auTOU, HE*o*s hou a-pelTH*O*N eKEI proSEUx*o*-mai [4336].

*Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.*


 *b. 26:37 THREE DISCIPLES BROUGHT TO ACCOMPANY HIM*

kai pa-ra-laB*O*N ton PEtron kai tous DUo huiOUS Ze-beDAIou,

*And he took with him :Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,*

*E*Rxa-to luPEISthai [3076] kai a-d*e*-moNEIN [85].

*and** began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.*


 *c. 26:38 HE SEEKS THEIR PRAYER SUPPORT*

TOte LEgei auTOIS, PeRIluPOS [4036] es-tin h*e* psuCH*E* mou,

*Then says he to them, My :soul is exceeding sorrowful,*

HE*o*s thaNAtou: MEIna-te H*O*de, kai gr*e*-goREIte [1127] met' eMOU.

*unto death: abide here, and watch with me.*


 *d. 26:39 A PRAYER UNTO DEATH*

kai pro-elTH*O*N miKRON, Epe-sen ePI PROs*o*-pon [4383] auTOU,
pro-seuCHOme-nos,

*And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, praying,*

kai LEg*o*n, PAter mou, ei du-naTON es-tin,

*and saying, My Father, if it is possible,*

pa-relTHAt*o* ap' eMOU to poT*E*ri-on [4221] TOUto:

*let this :cup pass from me:*

pl*e*n, ouch h*o*s eG*O* THEl*o*, all' h*o*s SU.

*nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.*


 *e. 26:40 QUESTION*

kai ERche-tai pros tous ma-th*e*TAS, kai heuRIskei auTOUS kaTHEUdon-tas
[2518],

*And he comes unto the disciples, and finds them sleeping,*

kai LEgei t*o* PEtr*o*,

*and says to :Peter,*

HOUt*o*s ouk isCHUsa-te [2480] MIan H*O*ran [5610] gr*e*-goR*E*sai
[1127]met' eMOU?

*Did you have no strength to watch with me one hour?*


 *f. 26:41 WHY THE THREE NEED TO PRAY*

gr*e*-goREIte kai proSEUches-the, HIna m*e* eiSELth*e*-te eis pei-rasMON
[3986]:

*Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation:*

to men PNEUma PROthu-ma [4289], h*e* de sarx [4561] as-theN*E*S [772].

*the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.*


 *g. 26:42 A SECOND PRAYER UNTO DEATH*

PAlin ek deuTErou a-pelTH*O*N, proS*E*Uxa-to, LEg*o*n,

*And again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying,*

PAter mou, ei ou DUna-tai TOUto pa-relTHEIN eAN m*e* auTO PI*o*,

*My Father, if this cannot pass except I drink it,*

ge-n*e*TH*E*t*o* [1096] to THEl*e*MA sou.

*your :will be done.*


 *h. 26:43 DISCIPLES AGAIN SLEEPING*

kai elTH*O*N PAlin HEUren auTOUS kaTHEUdon-tas,

*And he came again and found them sleeping,*

*E*san gar auT*O*N hoi oph-thalMOI be-ba-r*e*MEnoi [916].

*for their :eyes were heavy.*


 *i. 26:44 THE THIRD TIME OF JESUS' PRAYER*

kai aPHEIS auTOUS PAlin a-pelTH*O*N,

*And he left them again and went away,*

proS*E*Uxa-to ek TRItou, ton auTON LOgon eiP*O*N PAlin.

*and** prayed a third **time, saying the same word again.*


 *j. 26:45 NOTHING MORE DISCIPLES CAN DO*

TOte ERche-tai pros tous ma-th*e*TAS, kai LEgei auTOIS,

*Then he comes unto the disciples, and says to them,*

KaTHEUde-te loiPON [3063], kai a-naPAUes-the [373]: iDOU, *E*Ggi-ken [1448]h
*e* H*O*ra [5610],

*Sleep on now, and rest: lo, the hour is at hand, *

kai ho huiOS tou anTHR*O*pou pa-raDIdo-tai [3860] eis CHEIras ha-mar-t*o*L*O
*N.

*and the Son of :man is delivered up into the hands of sinners.*


 *k. 26:46 Arise, let us be going: lo, he is at hand that delivers me up.*

eGEIres-the, Ag*o*-men: I-DOU, *E*Ggi-ken ho pa-ra-diDOUS [3860] me.


 *2. 26:47-56 BETRAYAL - PETER'S DEFENSE - THE FLIGHT OF ALL*

*a. 26:47 JUDAS APPEARS*

Kai Eti auTOU laLOUNtos, iDOU, IOUdas, heis t*o*n D*O*de-ka, *E*Lthen,

*And while he yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came,*

kai met' auTOU OCHlos poLUS [4193] meTA ma-chaiR*O*N [3162] kai XUl*o*n
[3586],

*and with him a great crowd with swords and staves,*

aPO t*o*n ar-chi-eRE*o*n kai pres-buTEr*o*n tou laOU.

*from the chief priests and elders of the people.*


 *b. 26:48 THE SIGN ARRANGED BY JUDAS*

ho de pa-ra-diDOUS auTON Ed*o*-ken auTOIS s*e*MEIon [4592], LEg*o*n,

*Now who delivered him up gave them a sign, saying,*

Hon an phiL*E*s*o* [5368], auTOS es-tin: kraT*E*sa-te [2902] auTON.

*Whoever I shall kiss, HE it is: take him.*


 *c. 26:49 HE FULFILLS THE SIGN*

kai euTHE*o*s pro-selTH*O*N t*o* I*e*SOU, EIpen,

*And straightway he came to :Jesus, and said, *

CHAIre [5463], 'rabBEI; kai ka-tePHIl*e*-sen [2705] auTON.

*Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him much.*


 *d. 26:50a And :Jesus said to him, Friend, do for what you are come.*

ho de I*e*SOUS EIpen auT*O*, HeTAIre [2083], eph' ho PArei.


 *e. 26:50b Then they came and laid :hands on :Jesus, and took him.*

TOte pro-selTHONtes ePEba-lon [1911] tas CHEIras ePI ton I*e*SOUN, kai eKRAt
*e*-san [1614] auTON.


 *f. 26:51 PETER'S REACTION*

kai iDOU, heis t*o*n meTA I*e*SOU ekTEInas [1614] t*e*n CHEIra,

*And lo, one of those with Jesus stretched out his :hand,*

aPESpa-sen [645] t*e*n MAchai-ran [3162] auTOU, kai paTAxas [3960] ton
DOUlon

*and** drew his :sword, and struck the bondman*

tou ar-chi-eRE*o*s, aPHEIlen [851] auTOU to *o*TIon [5621].

*of the high priest, and struck off his :ear.*


 *g. 26:52 JESUS CORRECTS PETER*

TOte LEgei auT*O* ho I*e*SOUS, A-POstrePSON [654] t*e*n MAchaiRAN sou eis
ton TOpon auT*E*S:

*Then says :Jesus to him, Turn back your :sword into its :place:*

PANtes gar hoi laBONtes MAchai-ran en maCHAIra a-poLOUNtai [622].

*for all that take the sword shall perish by the sword.*


 *h. 26:53 WHAT JESUS MIGHT HAVE DONE*

*e* doKEIS HOti ou DUna-mai pa-ra-kaLEsai [3870] ton paTEra mou, kai

*Or do you not think that I could beseech my :Father, and he shall*

pa-raST*E*sei [3936] moi ARti PLEI*o* [4119] D*O*de-ka le-gi*O*nas agGEl*o*n
[32]?

*even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?*


 *i. 26:54 How then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must
be?*

p*o*s oun pl*e*-r*o*TH*O*sin [4137] hai graPHAI [1124], HOti HOUt*o*s dei
geNESthai?


 *j. 26:55a JESUS QUESTIONS THE CROWDS*

en eKEIn*e* t*e* H*O*ra [5610] EIpen ho I*e*SOUS tois OCHlois, H*o*s ePI l*e
*ST*E*N [3027]

*In that :hour said :Jesus to the crowds, Are you come out*

eX*E*Ltha-te meTA ma-chaiR*O*N kai XUl*o*n sul-laBEIN me?

*as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me?*


 *k. 26:55b I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you took me not.*

kath' h*e*MEran en t*o* hi-eR*O* e-ka-theZOm*e*n diDAsk*o*n, kai ouk e-kraT*
E*saTE me.


 *l. 26:56a But all this is come, that the scriptures of the prophets be
fulfilled.*

TOUto de HOlon GEgo-nen, HIna pl*e*-r*o*TH*O*sin [4137] hai graPHAI t*o*n
pro-ph*e*T*O*N [4396].


 *m. 26:56b Then all the disciples left him, and fled.*

TOte hoi ma-th*e*TAI PANtes aPHENtes auTON, Ephu-gon [5343].



 *NOTE**: *26:36-46 - We see Jesus here as *truly* Son of :man as well as
Son of God. As Son of :man He is facing a death on our behalf so terrible,
that in His humanity He found it almost impossible to go through with it. *
This* is a death not envisaged or understood by Mel Gibson in his “The
Passion of the Christ.” This is not a *mere* physical death, but a death of
the spirit, the second death. In Isaiah 53:9, the Hebrew literally reads, *“And
he made his grave with the rich in his deaths.” *Here “Death” is *plural*,
for Jesus died twice. First he died spiritually when God placed upon Him the
sins of the complete Adamic race. When He *became* sin, the world went dark;
the Father turned His face from His Son - and the Son cried out, “My God, My
God, Why have you forsaken Me?” No other human being except Jesus the
sinless Son of :man and Son of God will *ever* go through what *He* went
through for us. He literally died in His spirit at that point. *Cursed* is
every man that hangs on a Tree - the Cross!.


 Following His spiritual death on *our behalf*, He then died a physical
death, as portrayed by Mel Gibson. His Resurrection was a double
Resurrection. He rose not only physically - but *spiritually* also as the
First Fruits of a *New Creation*. We are joined to Him as the *Head* of the
One New Man composed of Jew and Gentile.


 It was the horror He faced as the *sinless* Son of man about to become *sin
* for us. He took *our sin*, and exchanged it for His righteousness and
spiritual life. You say, “I can't understand this!” Maybe none of us can or
ever will - but - we can *all* experience it if we *will*. 2 Corinthians
5:17 is a statement of the experience. *“So that if any is in Christ, he is a
new creation: the old are passed away; lo, they are become new!” *Mrs. Maria
Woodworth-Etter called *this* a *bright *conversion. Again, we
*can*experience it - but we may never fully understand it. E. W.
Kenyon is one of
*the few* who understood the significance of Jesus' “two deaths” suffered on
the cross as laid out in Isaiah 53:9.


 It was because of what He was about to face on the Cross in being made sin
on our behalf, that Jesus desired the 3 disciples to pray in fellowship for
Him, as He went apart, sweating great drops as of blood in His agony, just
before Judas betrayed Him


 Jesus *came* to die for us. The Book of Hebrews makes this abundantly
clear. It was the Father's will. Angels came and strengthened Him in
Gethsemane, so that He could go through with the task He had come to
fulfill. Every time we take the Lord's Supper, we should *remember* His *
deaths*, plural, till He comes!


 What Judas did in delivering Jesus to His enemies was horrible. But the
Father had Jesus choose Judas as one of the 12, fully knowing exactly what
was going to happen. It *had* to happen. Jesus said, “Did not I choose you
12, and one of you is a devil?”

 After Jesus was *taken* in the Garden - then all the remaining 11 disciples
fled.


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