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34 Then He said to them, a“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”  
35 He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.
36 And He said, a“Abba, Father, ball things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; cnevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”  
37 Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?
38 aWatch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. bThe spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”  
39 Again He went away and prayed, and spoke the same words.
40 And when He returned, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.
41 Then He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! aThe hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.  
42 aRise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”  

Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane

43 aAnd immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.  
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Adam Clarke
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Mark 14:36

Abba, Father - This Syriac word, which intimates filial affection and respect, and parental tenderness, seems to have been used by our blessed Lord merely considered as man, to show his complete submission to his Father' s will, and the tender affection which he was conscious his Father had for him, Abba , Syriac, is here joined to ̔ , Greek, both signifying father; so St. Paul, Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6. The reason is, that from the time in which the Jews became conversant with the Greek language, by means of the Septuagint version and their commerce with the Roman and Greek provinces, they often intermingled Greek and Roman words with their own language. There is the fullest evidence of this fact in the earliest writings of the Jews; and they often add a word of the same meaning in Greek to their own term; such as , Mori , my Lord, Lord; , pili , , shuar , gate, gate: and above, , , father, father: see several examples in Schoettgen. The words and appear to have been differently used among the Hebrews; the first Abbi , was a term of civil respect; the second, Abba, a term of filial affection. Hence, Abba, Abbi, as in the Syriac version in this place, may be considered as expressing, My Lord, my Father. And in this sense St. Paul is to be understood in the places referred to above. See Lightfoot.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Mark 14:36:

John 18:1
Romans 8:15
Galatians 4:6

 

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