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Mark 14:33

What does Mark 14:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Mark 14:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Mark 14:33 means

Jesus takes Peter, James, and John and begins to be greatly amazed and deeply troubled. The inner circle sees His anguish. The language communicates shock and dread—not at surprise, but at the weight of what He is about to bear. The cup involves more than physical pain; it includes the horror of sin and judgment. Jesus, truly human, recoils at this burden, yet moves toward obedience. He allows close companions to witness His sorrow, inviting their watchful support. Their presence underlines both His relational love and the loneliness He will experience when they fail to keep awake.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.

Context

After seating the larger group, Jesus draws the three into deeper proximity. This recalls earlier moments of revelation, but now it is revelation of His anguish. He will articulate the depth of His sorrow and ask them to watch. Then He will go a little farther to pray. The disciples’ failure to stay awake, repeated three times, will mirror Peter’s upcoming three denials. The garden scene sets the emotional and spiritual stakes before the arrest party arrives, so readers grasp that Jesus’ obedience is won in prayerful submission.

v.32And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray.

v.33This passage

v.34And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 88:14

    Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

  • Mark 5:37

    And he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

  • Matthew 26:37

    And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.

  • Mark 9:2

    And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them;

  • Hebrews 5:7

    Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

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