Day 5
Lenten Devotion
Mark 14:32-42, Isaiah 53:3
ESV
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
32 And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his
disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And he took with him Peter and James
and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said
to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here
and watch.” [a] 35 And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed
that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he
said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from
me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” 37 And he came and found them
sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not
watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 And again he went
away and prayed, saying the same words. 40 And again he came and found
them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what
to answer him. 41 And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still
sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of
Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise, let us be going; see, my
betrayer is at hand.”
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected [a] by men,
a man of sorrows [b] and acquainted with [c] grief; [d]
and as one from whom men hide their faces [e]
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.