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Palm Sunday is the Christian holiday that occurs on the Sunday before Easter. This celebration commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, mentioned in each of the four Gospels. Jesus entered the city knowing He would be tried and crucified and welcomed His fate to rise from the grave and save us from sin! Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the remembrance of Jesus' last days as He began the journey towards the cross.
Breakdown: a mental, physical, or nervous collapse.
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
Vs. 39 - Jesus went out. From where? He had just left the upper room with his disciples after taking part in the “Last Supper”. Either late Thursday night or early Friday morning. He must die Friday afternoon, between 3:00 and 5:00, when the Passover lambs are being slain. He must die at the appointed hour for the slaying of the Passover lamb, because He is the true Passover. He must be in the grave before sunset because He must be in the grave three days – a Friday, part of it; all day Saturday; and a portion of Sunday. There are only hours now; midnight has very likely passed.
Vs. 39 - Mount of Olives / other gospels designate Gethsemane, meaning "oil press", is an orchard of olive trees at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
It is significant that Jesus goes to the garden of Gethsemane, the olive press, for His final pressing, his trial.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Crushed -
The most valuable part of the olive is it’s oil. Cook with it, they would use it to light lanterns.
Oil comes from the pit of the olive, not the skin or meat of the fruit.
And how do you get the most valuable part of the olive? It has to be crushed. Under great pressure.
It is in this garden where Jesus produces the most value.
He is crushed with the temptation and the trial as the sins of the world are laid upon Him.
And He is accepting that burden of going to the cross and He wins that battle for us.
40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
Vs. 41 - Stones throw: Euphemism little passed then. But within listening distance.
42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
Vs. 42 - Father if you are willing, take this cup from me
Could there be another way other than the cross? Could there be another way than me taking on all of humanities sin?
Yet not my will but your will be done.
Describe the cup
43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Vs. 44 - being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly
Dr. Luke is the only Gospel writer who mentions “sweat … like great drops of blood.” His use of the word like may suggest that the sweat merely fell to the ground like clots of blood. But there is a rare physical phenomenon known as hematidrosis, in which, under great emotional stress, the tiny blood vessels rupture in the sweat glands and produce a mixture of blood and sweat.
45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
Vs. 45 - exhausted from sorrow.
34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”
46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
In the accounts in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – for all Gospels record this event – we are taken into that inner place where Christ struggled by Himself.