Matthew 26:38

“Then saith he unto them, etc.] The three disciples, Peter, James, and John, who, by his looks and gestures, might know somewhat of the inward distress of his mind; yet he choose to express it to them in words, saying, my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. That Christ had an human soul, as well as an human body, is clear from hence; and which was possessed of the same passions as ours are, but without sin, such as joy, love, grief, sorrow, etc. and at this time its sorrows were exceeding great: his soul was beset all around with the sins of his people; these took hold on him, and encompassed him, which must, in the most sensible manner, affect his pure and spotless mind; the…”

“Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane - This account is also recorded in Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1. Matthew 26:36 Then cometh ... - After the institution of the Lord’s Supper, in the early part of the night, he went out to the Mount of Olives. In his journey he passed over the brook Cedron John 18:1, which bounded Jerusalem on the east. Unto a place - John calls this “a garden.” This garden was on the western side of the Mount of Olives, and a short distance from Jerusalem. The word used by John means not properly a garden for the cultivation of vegetables, but a place planted with the olive and other trees, perhaps with a fountain of water, and with walks and groves; a proper place of…”

“26:38 crushed with grief: See John 12:27; cp. Pss 42:5-6, 11; 43:5.”

“My: Job 6:2-4; Psa 88:1-7, Psa 88:14-16, Psa 116:3; Isa 53:3, Isa 53:10; Rom 8:32; Co2 5:21; Gal 3:13; Pe1 2:24, Pe1 3:18 tarry: Mat 26:40, Mat 25:13; Pe1 4:7 Matthew 26:39”