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NASB | Matthew 26:37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 26:37 And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed. |
Subject: Did Jesus suffer from depression? |
Bible Note: T'oma : Prayon is right. There is not a scintilla of evidence that would suggest that Jesus suffered from a mental or emotional dysfunction that medical science today calls depression or, more properly, clinical depression. One can be vexed in spirit, deeply sorrowful, profoundly distressed when he comes face to face with any extremely difficult and trying event in his life. It would be decidedly abnormal to react otherwise. This writer experienced inexpressibly intense sorrow and grief some years ago in the wake of the sudden death of his son, yet he has never had clinical depression. Jesus certainly was troubled at Gethsemane, but His sorrow had nothing to do with weakness, instability or clinical depression as modern medical science defines it. I believe that the Savior was troubled -- yes even depressed in a certain sense -- more by the reality of sinful man and by the sins for which He was about to shed His blood on the cross than by anything else. Let us ever bear in mind that our blessed Lord did what He did willingly. He prayed that the cup would pass from Him but nevertheless gave His life in perfect obedience to the Father's will. --Hank |