Gethsemane (image)

Hand colored stencil print on momigami by Sadao Watanabe (1962).

Image taken with permission from the SadaoHanga Catalogue where you can find many more images and information about Sadao Watanabe.

For other images of Sadao Watanabe art works in TIPs, see here.

Following is a painting (“Jesus’ agony in the garden of Gethsemane”) by Kim Ki-chang (1913-2001):

Kim Ki-chang (pen name: Unbo) had been deaf and partially mute since the age of 7. He painted a series of 30 paintings for the “Life of Christ” cycle in 1952 during the Korean War. Kim portrayed Jesus as a seonbi / 선비, or a Joseon Period (1392-1910) gentleman scholar, wearing a gat / 갓 (hat) and dopo / 도포 (robe). For other images of Kim Ki-chang art works in TIPs, see here.

inclusive vs. exclusive pronoun (Matt. 26:46 / Mark 14:42)

Many languages distinguish between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns (“we”). (Click or tap here to see more details)

The inclusive “we” specifically includes the addressee (“you and I and possibly others”), while the exclusive “we” specifically excludes the addressee (“he/she/they and I, but not you”). This grammatical distinction is called “clusivity.” While Semitic languages such as Hebrew or most Indo-European languages such as Greek or English do not make that distinction, translators of languages with that distinction have to make a choice every time they encounter “we” or a form thereof (in English: “we,” “our,” or “us”).

For this verse, translators typically select the inclusive form (including Peter, James and John).

Source: Velma Pickett and Florence Cowan in Notes on Translation January 1962, p. 1ff.

complete verse (Matthew 26:46)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 26:46:

  • Uma: “Get up! Look, here comes the person who will sell me. Let’s go.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Stand up, let’s go. Look, here is the man who betrays me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Get up. Here is the one who is betraying me. Let’s go meet him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Get-up, because here-now is-coming the one who will betray me. Let’s go meet (him).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Get up now and let’s be going. There now is that one who traded me!'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Get up. Here comes the one to betray me, let’s go meet him.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Matthew 26:46

Rise, let us be going is clearly stated in modern English by Good News Translation: “Get up, let us go.” See is more naturally “Look.” My betrayer is at hand can be “the man who has betrayed me is here.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on the Gospel of Matthew. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1988. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .