Matthew 20:22 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 20:22

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

BSB

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ASV

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.

KJV

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 22) But Jesus answered and said: You do not know what you ask. The mother asks, and the Lord speaks to the disciples, understanding her prayers to come from the will of the children. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink? They said to him: We can. In the Holy Scriptures, we understand the cup to represent suffering, as it is written: Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me (Matt. XXVI, 39).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Ye know not what is implied in being advanced in my kingdom, and necessarily prerequired thereto. All who share in my kingdom must first share in my sufferings. Are you able and willing to do this?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Peter and they were his favourites; John was the disciple whom Jesus loved; yet none were so often reproved as they; whom Christ loves best he reproves most, Rev. iii. Here is the ambitious address they made to Christ--that they might sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is but a baptism; if dipped, that is the worst of it, not drowned; perplexed, but not in despair. Baptism is an ordinance by which we join ourselves to the Lord in covenant and communion; and so is suffering for Christ, Ezek. xx. Baptism is "an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace;" and so is suffering for Christ, for unto us it is given, Phil. i.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ's answer is very mild; they were overtaken in the fault of ambition, but Christ restored them with the spirit of meekness. How he reproved the ignorance and error of their petition; (1.) They were much in the dark concerning the kingdom they had their eye upon; they dreamed of a temporal kingdom, whereas Christ's kingdom is not of this world.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye know not what ye ask - How strange is the infatuation, in some parents, which leads them to desire worldly or ecclesiastical honors for their children! He must be much in love with the cross who wishes to have his child a minister of the Gospel; for, if he be such as God approves of in the work, his life will be a life of toil and suffering; he will be obliged to sip, at least, if not to drink largely, of the cup of Christ.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The first thing that we should notice in these verses is the clear announcement which the Lord Jesus Christ makes of his own approaching death. For the third time we find him telling his disciples the astounding truth that he, their wonder-working Master, must soon suffer and die. The Lord Jesus knew from the beginning all that was before him.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀποκριθεὶς	Apokritheis	Answering	G611 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	said;	G2036 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
οἴδατε	oidate	you know
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
αἰτεῖσθε.	aiteisthe	you ask for.	G154 →
δύνασθε	dunasthe	Are you able	G1410 →
πιεῖν	piein	to drink	G4095 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ποτήριον	potērion	cup	G4221 →
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
μέλλω	mellō	am about	G3195 →
πίνειν	pinein	to drink	G4095 →
λέγουσιν	legousin	They say	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
δυνάμεθα.¶	dunametha	We are able.	G1410 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 22:42
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
leads to
- Matthew 26:39
  Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- John 12:27–28
  Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 26:42
  A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 14:36
  “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
- Psalms 40:8
  I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Through
Matthew 26:39
Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
leads to
- John 5:30
  I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 6:38
  For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- Philippians 2:8
  And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Matthew