# Connecting Statement:

This begins the account of Jesus praying in Gethsemane.

# began to become sorrowful

"he became very sad"

# My soul is deeply sorrowful

Here "soul" refers to the whole person. AT: "I am very sad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# even to death

This is an idiom. AT: "and I feel as if I could even die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gethsemane]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/peter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/zebedee]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/watch]]