Luke - 22:42



42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 22:42.

Differing Translations

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Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done.
saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me, ;but, not my will, but Thine be done.',
"Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!"
Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.
saying: "Father, if you are willing, take this chalice away from me. Yet truly, let not my will, but yours, be done."
"Father," he said, "if it is your pleasure, spare me this cup; only, not my will but your be done."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Saying, Father, if thou be willing,.... If it be consistent with thy will of saving sinners, and which thou hast declared to me, and I have undertook to perform: the other evangelists say, "if it be possible"; See Gill on Matthew 26:39.
remove this cup from me; meaning, either his present sorrows and distress, or his approaching sufferings and death, which he had in view, or both:
nevertheless not my will; as man, for Christ had an human will distinct from, though not contrary to his divine will:
but thine be done; which Christ undertook, and came into this world to do; and it was his meat and drink to do it, and was the same with his own will, as the Son of God; See Gill on Matthew 26:39, and See Gill on Matthew 26:42.

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