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Podcast: Journey through the Book of Mark
Episode: 147. Going a Little Further – Mark 14:35
Description: Having reached Gethsemane, Jesus asked his disciples to keep watch. Christ’s time of trial and suffering has just begun. Now, watch the next dramatic events unfold! Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. – Mark 14:35. The distress that gripped our Lord was so extreme that he could no longer walk or stand. Standing was the usual Jewish position for prayer. Instead, Christ’s strength failed him, and he fell to the ground, and there on the ground, he prayed. Jesus had said that it was for “th...