Mark 14:34
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
KJV
καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· περίλυπός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή μου ἕως θανάτου· μείνατε ὧδε καὶ γρηγορεῖτε.
Greek NT
Et ait illis : Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem : sustinete hic, et vigilate.
Vulgate
And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.
ASV
And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay you here and watch.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γρηγορεύω
gregoreuo
verb · 22×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
περίλυπος
perilupos
adjective · 4×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὧδε
ode
adverb · 60×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1009Death is transformed by Christ. Jesus, the Son of God, also himself suffered the death that is part of the human condition. Yet, despite his anguish as he faced death, he accepted it in an act of complete and free submission to his Father's will.572 The obedience of Jesus has transformed the curse of death into a blessing.573 The meaning of Christian death
Cross-references
- 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- Job 16:16 — My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
- John 12:27 — Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
- Luke 6:12 — And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
- Mark 13:35 — Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
- Mark 14:38 — Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
- Ps 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.