How was Jesus tempted in the garden?

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Fr. Mitch Pacwa was saying in his homily the other day that Jesus did not experience temptation from the inside, but only from the outside, which is what occurred when Satan tempted Jesus, and when St. Peter told Jesus not to say He would be killed. My question is, how was He tempted in the Garden of Gethsemane? It seems that that particular temptation was coming from inside Jesus.
 
Though His human nature was without sin, the terrors of death and sin which He was beginning to be afflicted with were ours, those of all humanity under the penalty and power of sin; with all the attendant weakness. Though He experienced these I ternary they did not originate in Him.
 
Fr. Mitch was speaking about Jesus’ temptation by Satan in the desert, I believe, and also by Peter acting as Satan would act (I listened to this homily also).

In the garden I recall he warned the disciples not to sleep, but to pray in order not to fall prey to temptation. But Jesus was not shown being tempted there, at least not described with those words. Since he gave his disciples the sacrament of his body and blood, he had already committed to proceed to the conclusion of the sacrifice.
 
Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” portrays our Lord as being tempted by the devil in the Garden. To paraphrase the devil, “No, don’t go through with it! The burden is too great!” etc. Whether Gibson (and/or co-writer Benedict Fitzgerald) got this from Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich or from some other source, or whether it was their own idea, I do not know.
 
I have also often wondered about what was occurring in the Garden, especially when praying the Sorrowful mysteries. We know there was some type of “temptation”–for lack of a better word–because He asked that the cup be removed. Perhaps, it was because of the physical pain He knew He was going to endure. The epistle to the Hebrews states He faced the cross with joy. During the Last Supper, He stated He had been looking forward to eating this Passover with His disciples. It was when He entered the Garden that we see a change. I am sure this goes back to the Garden of Eden and Adam, but I’m still at a loss.
 
How about this:
  • Jesus called the disciples to watch and pray in order not to enter into temptation.
  • Jesus was awake and praying, therefore he was not entering into temptation, but making use of the “solution” he told to the disciples.
 
Luke 14:13 concludes the 40 days in the Wilderness
13* And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
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It has been suggested that the opportune time [elsewhere the appointed time] was in the garden.

I have often thought that the greatest temptation there was to parade before him all those who would reject His sacrifice and render it useless.
 
namax91 said:
Fr. Mitch Pacwa was saying in his homily the other day that Jesus did not experience temptation from the inside, but only from the outside, which is what occurred when Satan tempted Jesus, and when St. Peter told Jesus not to say He would be killed. My question is, how was He tempted in the Garden of Gethsemane? It seems that that particular temptation was coming from inside Jesus.
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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tempted in every way we are, yet without sin. (Heb 4:15)
 
namax91 said:
Fr. Mitch Pacwa was saying in his homily the other day that Jesus did not experience temptation from the inside, but only from the outside, which is what occurred when Satan tempted Jesus, and when St. Peter told Jesus not to say He would be killed. My question is, how was He tempted in the Garden of Gethsemane? It seems that that particular temptation was coming from inside Jesus.
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Hi namax. 🙂

I hope you don’t mind if I share some pieces regarding the ‘Agony in the Garden’ that I believe may help you.

The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf
(Roman Catholic Imprimatur)

The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich - [Chapter 1 Jesus in the Garden of Olives ](http://www.jesus-passion.com/THE_PASSION.htm#CHAPTER I)
(Roman Catholic Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat)
Jesus to Catalina:
The Passion - loveandmercy.org/Eng-TP-Reg.pdf

**1) Nobody really believes that I sweat blood that night at Gethsemane, and few believe that I suffered much more in those hours than in the Crucifixion. It was more sorrowful because it was clearly revealed to Me that the sins of everyone were made Mine and that I should answer for each one. Thus I, being innocent, answered to the Father as if I were really guilty of dishonesty and I, being pure, answered to the Father as if I were stained of all the impurities committed by you, My brothers and sisters. You dishonor God who created you to be instruments of the greatness of Creation and not to stray from the nature given you with the purpose of having it gradually behold the sight of the purity of Me, your Creator.
  1. Therefore, I was made a thief, a murderer, an adulterer, a liar, a sacrilegious person, a blasphemer, slanderer and a rebel to the Father whom I have always loved.
  2. It was precisely this contrast between My Love for the Father and His Will that caused My sweating blood. But I obeyed until the end and for love of everyone, I covered Myself with the stain so that I could do My Father’s Will and save you from eternal damnation.
  3. Consider how many agonies more than human I had that night and, believe Me, nobody could alleviate such anguish because, on the contrary, I was seeing how each one of you devoted yourself to making cruel at every moment the death given to Me because of the offenses whose ransom I have paid in full. I want it to be known once again how I loved all mankind at that hour of abandonment and indescribable sadness… **
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Extract from 'The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich':
Chapter 1 - Jesus in the Garden of Olives - jesus-passion.com/THE_PASSION.htm#CHAPTER I

He fell on his face, overwhelmed with unspeakable sorrow, and all the sins of the world displayed themselves before him, under countless forms and in all their real deformity. He took them all upon himself, and in his prayer offered his own adorable Person to the justice of his Heavenly Father, in payment for so awful a debt. But Satan, who was enthroned amid all these horrors, and even filled with diabolical joy at the sight of them, let loose his fury against Jesus, and displayed before the eyes of his soul increasingly awful visions, at the same time addressing his adorable humanity in words such as these: ‘Takest thou even this sin upon thyself? Art thou willing to bear its penalty? Art thou prepared to satisfy for all these sins?’
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I hope this has helped

God Bless

Thank you for reading
Josh
 
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