John Gill's Exposition on Mark 14:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he went forward a little, etc..] About a stone's cast, (<422241>Luke 22:41), and fell on the ground, and prayed; he fell on his face to the ground, which was a praying posture. One of the Jewish canons concerning it, is this f243: “worshipping, how is it done? after a man has lifted up his head; he bows it five times, he sits upon the ground, and “falls upon his face”, hra, “to the x ground”, and supplicates with whatsoever supplication he pleases: worshipping, or bowing, is the stretching out of hands and feet, until a man is found cast upon his face to the ground.” (See Gill on “<402639>Matthew 26:39”). The supplication Christ made in this posture was, that, it were possible, the hour might pass from him; the time fixed and agreed upon for his sufferings and death; that is, that it might pass without his enduring them, if there was any possibility of excusing him, and of his people's being saved without them; (see Gill on “<402639>Matthew 26:39”).

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