...if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.- O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." Thus Christ himself solemnly declares, that it was nothing but self-denial, which moved...

...his earnest supplication, that " this cup might pass" from him ; and Matthew adds his words, " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done :" ch. xxvi, 42. Johu is silent on this point of the history ; but, in describing the...

...indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be done. And He came and found them asleep again : for their eyes were heavy. And He left them,...

...pray, lest they entered into temptation, " He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, Thy will be done ! And he left them and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words."...

...from him." This is the particular metaphor which they all ascribe to him. St. Matthew adds, " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will be done 12 ." Now St. John does not give the scene in the garden: but when Jesus was seized, and...

...perfect submjjtti0n to the divine will and sovereign pleasure. Our Saviour prayed thus : — " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." In no other way are we warranted to expect answers to prayer. The apostle John says,...

...nevertheless not as I will, but as thou will. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, О my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, lay will be done. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the «ame...

...if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. O, my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." See him betrayed, taken, bound, and led away as a felon to the judgment hall. There...

...blood."m And here he expressed his humble resignation to the will of his Father, in these words, " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done,"11 or, as it is in Luke, " Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from 8 2 Sam....

...indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them asleep again : for their eyes were heavy. • 'And he left...