38Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."


In Context

35 But Peter declared, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the other disciples said the same.

36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

38 Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."

39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter.

Matthew 26:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:38Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:38Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:38Then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:38Then he said to them, |My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:38then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul — unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:38Then said he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry you here, and watch with me.