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beginning to feel what it was to be shut out
from His Father.
Christ must bear the sins of the world. As
they were now laid upon Him, they seemed
more than He could endure. The guilt of sin
was so terrible, He was tempted to fear that
God could no longer love Him.
As He felt the awful displeasure of the Father
against evil, the words were forced from Him,
“My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death.”
Near the gate of the garden, Jesus had left all
His disciples except Peter, James, and John,
and He had gone into the garden with these
three. They were His most earnest followers,
and had been His closest companions. But He
could not bear that even they should witness
the suffering He was to endure. He said to
them:
