Jesus Christ's troubled state before His death stands as one of the most striking proofs that the Bible utterly rejects the pagan doctrine of the immortality of the soul. This doctrine, first introduced by the Serpent's lie to Eve, "You shall not surely die," convinced humanity that death is not truly final, a falsehood that became the foundation of virtually all world religion and even infiltrated the early church through Gnosticism. This same lie is what allows many professing Christians today to reject Christ's bodily resurrection, since if the soul is already immortal, resurrection becomes unnecessary. The contrast between the death of Socrates, as recorded by Plato, and the death of Jesus exposes this lie for what it is. Socrates approached death calmly, even joyfully, believing it to be a liberation of the immortal soul from the prison of the body. Jesus, by contrast, was "sore amazed" and "very heavy" in Gethsemane, declaring, "My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death." He prayed with "strong crying and tears," sought the comfort of His disciples, and cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" This was no serene acceptance of a friendly release; it was anguish before humanity's true enemy. Jesus knew He would face total separation from the Father, an abandonment central to death's horror. His trouble reveals that death is not a friend but a hostile tool of Satan, "the last enemy" to be destroyed, representing absolute nothingness, no awareness, no relationships, no hope. Because Jesus, like all humans, did not possess inherent immortality, His death was real and complete. If He had truly been immortal, His death would have been a deception. His trouble and anguish testify that He entered fully into the nothingness of death, the only way He could conquer it. His resurrection was therefore not the release of an eternal soul but a divine act of new creation, restoring the whole person who had truly ceased to exist. This is why Jesus is called the first of the firstfruits, His resurrection being the pattern for all who will be raised after Him. This troubled anguish also connects directly to Passover self-examination and the necessity of overcoming sin. Jesus' fear and sorrow show that death and sin are inseparable, both consequences of the same source. His victory over death came only through never sinning while still tasting real death, proving that eternal life is not automatic but granted only through God's creative power to those who overcome, just as Christ overcame. Rejecting His bodily resurrection, as many today do, is therefore not a minor doctrinal quibble; it undermines the very meaning of His suffering, His troubled agony in Gethsemane, and the hope of resurrection that gives believers "the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."