Yosua 7:5
Konteks7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures 1 and defeated them on the steep slope. 2 The people’s 3 courage melted away like water. 4
Matius 26:38
Konteks26:38 Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
Lukas 22:44
Konteks22:44 And in his anguish 5 he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] 6
Yohanes 12:27
Konteks12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me 7 from this hour’? 8 No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. 9
[7:5] 1 tn The meaning and correct translation of the Hebrew word שְׁבָרִים (shÿvarim) is uncertain. The translation “fissures” is based on usage of the plural form of the noun in Ps 60:4 HT (60:2 ET), where it appears to refer to cracks in the earth caused by an earthquake. Perhaps deep ravines or gorges are in view, or the word is a proper noun (“all the way to Shebarim”).
[7:5] 2 sn The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.
[7:5] 4 tn Heb “and the heart of the people melted and became water.”
[22:44] 5 tn Grk “And being in anguish.”
[22:44] 6 tc Several important Greek
[22:44] sn Angelic aid is noted elsewhere in the gospels: Matt 4:11 = Mark 1:13.
[12:27] 8 tn Or “this occasion.”
[12:27] sn Father, deliver me from this hour. It is now clear that Jesus’ hour has come – the hour of his return to the Father through crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension (see 12:23). This will be reiterated in 13:1 and 17:1. Jesus states (employing words similar to those of Ps 6:4) that his soul is troubled. What shall his response to his imminent death be? A prayer to the Father to deliver him from that hour? No, because it is on account of this very hour that Jesus has come. His sacrificial death has always remained the primary purpose of his mission into the world. Now, faced with the completion of that mission, shall he ask the Father to spare him from it? The expected answer is no.