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John 18:11 Cross-References
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“Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”
John 18:11 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 18:11
Jesus's rebuke is immediate and emphatic: "Put up thy sword into the sheath" (βάλε τὴν μάχαιραν εἰς τὴν θήκην/bale tēn machairan eis tēn thēkēn). The aorist imperative βάλε (bale) means "cast, throw, put"—a forceful command to immediately cease armed resistance. Peter's attempt to prevent Jesus's arrest directly opposed the Father's will, making it satanic in nature—recall Jesus's "Get behind me, Satan" to Peter in Matthew 16:23.Then Jesus asks the rhetorical question: "the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" (τὸ ποτήριον ὃ δέδωκέν μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὐ μὴ πίω αὐτό;/to potērion...
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Cross-References for John 18:11
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“fell on his face”
“You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They said to him”
“Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'”
“you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments”
“the author and perfecter of faith”
“and fell on the ground”
“You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
“but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds”