Jesus’ anguish in the prayers was not ordinary as it represented the measure of the people’s sinfulness and the painful consequences that Jesus was to undergo. In the clip, the evil appears and asks Jesus “Do you believe that one man can bear the burden of sin?” Jesus Christ had never sinned before, so the “burden of sin” symbolized that of the people. It directly relates to our lives today, whenever we are faced with possible challenges and suffering, Jesus wants us to pray. However, Jesus reminded them always to pray. When they see Jesus Christ (someone they had seen as powerful) suffering, the disciples were worried what they could do as humans. On the clip, the two disciples portray disbelief when they watch Jesus pray in agony. Through his pain, he carried the entire burden that we could have gone through because of our sins. Therefore, it can be a great injustice when people compare the suffering that Jesus went through to that of the human beings. The prayer did not expose Jesus Christ’s weak because at the end of it he comes out supernaturally stronger. He was the person who could measure up to the standards of righteousness that God required of His creation. It was unique suffering of the sinless son of God. The suffering that Jesus Christ depicted in the prayer did not entirely represent his human side.
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