Matthew 26:39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

And prayed

Mark 14:35

Luke 22:41

Hebrews 5:7

O my father

Matthew 26:42

John 11:41

John 12:27

Let

Matthew 20:22

John 18:11

Not

Philippians 2:8

General references

Numbers 14:5

Isaiah 50:5

Bible References

And prayed

And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

O my father

Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done."

So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

Let

Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

Not

But if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

General references

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.

The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.