March 16, 2025 – Love, Agony, and the Cup – Mark 14:32-42 

Jacob Hockensmith

In Mark 14:32-42, Jesus takes his disciples to Gethsemane, a place of prayer, where he experiences intense anguish and prays for the “cup” of suffering to pass, but ultimately submits to God’s will, while his disciples repeatedly fall asleep, demonstrating their spiritual weakness.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
•The Scene: 
Jesus and his disciples, including Peter, James, and John, go to a place called Gethsemane, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives.

Jesus’s Agony:

Jesus’s Prayer:

Disciples’ Failure:

Jesus’s Disappointment:

The Hour Has Come:

Mark 14:32-42
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took with him Peter and James and John and began to be distressed and agitated. 34 And he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.” 35 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 He said, “Abba,[a] Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me, yet not what I want but what you want.” 37 He came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep awake one hour? 38 Keep awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial;[b] the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40 And once more he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to say to him. 41 He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Get up, let us be going. Look, my betrayer is at hand.”