King James Version
What Does Luke 22:42 Mean?
“Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. willing, remove: Gr. willing to remove”
Context
40
And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
41
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down , and prayed,
42
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. willing, remove: Gr. willing to remove
43
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(42) **Not my will, but thine, be done.**—See Notes on Matthew 26:39. Here there is a more distinct echo of the prayer which He had taught His disciples. He, too, could say, “Lead us not into temptation,” but that prayer was subject, now explicitly, as at all times implicitly, to the antecedent condition that it was in harmony with “Thy will be done.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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