Jesus at Gethsemane: Two Versions
Close scrutiny of Matthew’s and Mark’s accounts of Jesus at Gethsemane reveals numerous correspondences as well as some tell-tale differences. As laid out here, passages that occur (sometimes word-for-word) in both gospels appear side-by-side. Where there is no close parallel, we’ve inserted a line space.
According to Mark (14:26, 32–42) (14:26) And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. (32) And they come into the plot of land the name of which was Gethsemane; and he says to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” (33) And he takes along Peter, and James, and John with him, and he began to be greatly distraught and troubled. (34) … |