Matthew 26:38
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Cross-reference
Matthew 26:40 shows the disciples sleeping, directly opposing Jesus' plea to keep watch — highlighting their failure.
1 Peter 3:18 explains Christ's suffering as the righteous for the unrighteous, giving purpose to his soul's sorrow unto death.
In Romans 8:32, God did not spare His own Son—showing the Father's sacrificial love behind Jesus' agony.
In Isaiah 53:10, it pleased the Lord to crush Him—revealing the divine purpose behind Jesus' sorrow.
In Isaiah 53:3, the suffering servant is 'a man of sorrows'—a direct prophecy of Jesus' grief here.
In Psalm 116:3, 'the cords of death' and 'anguish' describe the psalmist's distress—mirroring Jesus' sorrow unto death.
In 2 Corinthians 5:21, Christ became sin for us—explaining the substitutionary significance of His anguish.
In Psalm 88:14-16, the psalmist feels rejected and afflicted—prefiguring Jesus' deep distress in Gethsemane.
In Psalm 88:1-7, the psalmist cries out from the brink of death—a direct parallel to Jesus' soul being overwhelmed to death.
In Galatians 3:13, Christ became a curse for us—linking Jesus' sorrow to redemption from the law's curse.
In 1 Peter 2:24, Christ bore our sins in His body—connecting His sorrow to our healing.
Psalm 69:20 foretells a broken heart and no comforters — directly fulfilled in Jesus' solitude and heaviness here.
Hebrews 5:7 describes Jesus offering prayers with cries and tears in Gethsemane, directly referencing this scene.
Psalm 55:4 says 'my heart is sore pained' and 'terrors of death are fallen upon me' — mirroring Jesus' sorrow.
Psalm 22:14 portrays anguished melting of heart — a messianic prophecy of the intense suffering Jesus now experiences.
Psalm 18:4 describes 'sorrows of death' surrounding the psalmist — matching Jesus' 'sorrowful unto death'.
Psalm 6:3 echoes 'my soul is sore vexed' — the same cry of a distressed soul that Jesus voices here.
Job 7:11 speaks of speaking out in anguish of spirit and bitterness — a strong parallel to Jesus' expressed soul sorrow.
Mark 14:33 is the parallel account, describing Jesus as 'deeply distressed and troubled', confirming the intensity of his emotions.
John 12:27 records Jesus saying 'Now my soul is troubled', directly echoing the same phrase and his inner turmoil before the cross.
Psalm 102:4 portrays a heart withered like grass, mirroring the overwhelming sorrow Jesus expresses here.
2 Samuel 22:7 has David crying out in distress to God — mirrors Jesus' imminent prayer in anguish, though not a direct quote.
Psalm 69:17 pleads for God not to hide His face in trouble — echoing Jesus' cry for God's presence amid sorrow.
Psalm 69:2 uses sinking in deep mire as a metaphor for overwhelming distress — similar to Jesus' anguish in Gethsemane.
Psalm 13:2 speaks of 'sorrow in my heart daily' — a close parallel to the deep grief Jesus expresses.
In Job 6:2-4, Job longs for his grief to be weighed—a similar cry of overwhelming sorrow that echoes Jesus' own anguish.