Satan, with his fierce temptations, wrung the heart of Jesus. Sin, so hateful to his sight, was heaped upon him till he groaned beneath its weight. No wonder that his humanity trembled in that fearful hour. Angels witnessed with amazement the despairing agony of the Son of God, so much greater than his physical pain that the latter was hardly felt by him. The hosts of Heaven veiled their faces from the fearful sight. {3SP 163.1}

Satan plagede Jesu hjerte med sine grumme fristelser. Synd, som var så mishagelig for ham, blev lagt på ham, indtil han stønnede under dens byrde. Intet under, at hans manddom skælvede i denne frygtelige time. Englene var med forbavselse vidner til Guds Søns fortvivlede sjæleangst, der var så meget større end hans legemlige smerte, at han næppe følte denne. Himmelens hærskarer tilhyllede sine ansigter for dette grusomme syn.