Thematic Bible: Saints drink of
Thematic Bible
cup of Suffering » Saints drink of
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword [back] in its sheath! Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
Verse Concepts
And after going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Verse Concepts
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
But Jesus replied, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup [of suffering] that I am about to drink?” They answered, “We are able.”
Verse Concepts
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
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- Acceptance, Of Instruction
- Ashes
- Ashes Of Humiliation
- Attitudes, in prayer
- Baptism
- Begging
- Beverages, Figurative
- Bitterness
- Christ's Relationship To God
- Cup Of Suffering
- Goals
- God Giving To The Son
- God, Will Of
- Guidance, God's Promises Of
- Guidance, Receiving God's
- Headship
- Jesus Christ, Obedience Of
- Jesus Christ, Relation To Father
- Jesus Praying
- Law, Jesus Christ's Attitude To
- Loneliness
- Not My Will But God's
- Possibilities For God
- Possible For God
- Prayer, As A Relationship With God
- Prayer, As Asking God
- Praying
- Prostration
- Relationship Of Father And Son
- Repulsive Food
- Resignation
- Responsibility, Examples Of