Matthew 26:39 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

KJV

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Fell on his face - See the note on Luk 22:44. This was the ordinary posture of the supplicant when the favor was great which was asked, and deep humiliation required. The head was put between the knees, and the forehead brought to touch the earth - this was not only a humiliating, but a very painful posture also. This cup - The word cup is frequently used in the Sacred Writings to point out sorrow, anguish, terror, death. It seems to be an allusion to a very ancient method of punishing criminals.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And going a little farther - About a stone's cast, Luke xxii, 41 - So that the apostles could both see and hear him still. If it be possible, let this cup pass from me - And it did pass from him quickly. When he cried unto God with strong cries and tears, he was heard in that which he feared.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2715: “Christian Resignation” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1901)

THE Apostle Paul, writing concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, says, "Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered." He who, as God, knew all things, had to learn obedience in the time of His humiliation. He who is, in Himself, Wisdom Incarnate, did, Himself, condescend to enter the school of suffering—there we learn that important lesson of the Christian life—obedience to the will of God. And here, in Gethsemane's Garden, you can see the Divine Scholar going forth to practice His lesson.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
προελθὼν	proelthōn	having gone forward	G4281 →
μικρὸν	mikron	a little	G3398 →
ἔπεσεν	epesen	He fell	G4098 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
πρόσωπον	prosōpon	face	G4383 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
προσευχόμενος	proseuchomenos	praying	G4336 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
πάτερ	pater	Father	G3962 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
δυνατόν	dunaton	possible	G1415 →
ἐστιν,	estin	it is,	G1510 →
παρελθάτω	parelthatō	should pass	G3928 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	Me	G1473 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ποτήριον	potērion	cup	G4221 →
τοῦτο·	touto	this;	G3778 →
πλὴν	plēn	Nevertheless	G4133 →
οὐχ	ouch	not [it is]	G3756 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
θέλω	thelō	wish	G2309 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
σύ.	su	You.	G4771 →

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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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
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.
leads to
- John 4:34
  Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  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.
- John 5:19
  So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
- John 14:10
  Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father…
Through
Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
leads to
- John 10:18
  No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received…
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Romans 5:19
  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
Through
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.
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.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew