Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

“That the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled.” Matthew 26:56 KJV “… to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets.”  Matthew 26:56 NASB Each Gospel account stresses a different aspect of the Garden and focuses upon a slightly different expression...
Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

No Angelic Intervention

“Cannot (I) now pray to the Father and He shall presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels?” Matthew 26:21-54 KJV “Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? ”...
Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

Gethsemane – On His Face in the Garden

“He went a little farther and fell on His face …” Matthew 26:39-44 KJV “He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face…” Matthew 26:39-44 NASB The Son of God on His face in the Garden! God once was walking in a garden (Gen 3); He, in the person of His Son...
Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

Gethsemane’s Sorrows

“He began to be sorrowful and very heavy … exceeding sorrowful even unto death.” Matthew 26:37-38 KJV “[He] began to be grieved and distressed…deeply grieved, to the point of death.” Matthew 26:37-38 NASB The suffering and sorrows of the Lord Jesus in...
Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

Triumphal Entry – Tragic Blindness

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest’.”  Matthew 21:1-10 KJV The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,...
Four Perspectives on Gethsemane

His Life a Ransom for Many

“Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 KJV “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”  Matthew 20:28 NASB The...
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