Russian
Иисус пришёл с учениками в место под названием Гефсимания.
English translation
Jesus came with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane.
Russian · Intermediate
Пасхальная история
Adapted from The Easter Story
Jesus prays in Gethsemane, is arrested, tried, crucified, buried, and raised from the dead.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Печаль в Гефсимании
Sorrow in Gethsemane
Russian
— Посидите здесь, пока я отойду и помолюсь, — сказал он им.
English translation
“Sit here while I go over there and pray,” he told them.
Russian
С собой он взял Петра и двух сыновей Зеведея. Его охватили глубокая печаль и тревога.
English translation
He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. Deep sorrow and anxiety came over him.
Russian
— Мне так тяжело от горя, словно я умираю, — сказал им Иисус. — Останьтесь здесь и не спите, побудьте со мной.
English translation
“I am so overwhelmed with sorrow that I feel as though I am dying,” Jesus told them. “Stay here and keep awake; stay with me.”
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