Luke 22:42

Luke 22:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
• New International Version (NIV)“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
• New King James Version (NKJV)saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”

Context of Luke 22:42

40When he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.” [ 43Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

Luke 22:42 word by word

λέγων· πάτερ, εἰ βούλει παρένεγκε τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ· πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημά μου ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γινέσθω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• thou be willingβούλομαιboulomai · to planG1014
• removeπαραφέρωparapherō · to take awayG3911
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• cupὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• cupποτήριονpotērion · cupG4221
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• neverthelessπλήνplēn · but/howeverG4133
• notμήmē · notG3361
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• thineσόςsos · yourG4674
• be doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for Luke 22:42

• Matthew 26:42He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”
• Mark 14:36He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
• John 12:27“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
• Luke 22:17Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the Lord passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.
• Jeremiah 25:15So the Lord, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. “Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it.
• Matthew 20:22Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
• John 18:11But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
• Psalms 40:8I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
• John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
• John 5:30I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
• Hebrews 10:7“Then I said, ‘Here I am: I have come – it is written of me in the scroll of the book – to do your will, O God.’”

Commentaries on Luke 22:42

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39-46Verses 39-46 See the Luke 22:43 Strengthening him - His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was “God,” how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature “alone” sustain the human? But the fact that he was “divine” does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-46Verses 39-46 Every description which the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict, proves the tremendous nature of the assault, and the perfect foreknowledge of its terrors possessed by the meek and lowly Jesus. Here are three things not in the other evangelists. 1. When Christ was in his agony, there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. It was a part of his humiliation that he was thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42take this cup from Me: A cup is a metaphor for experiencing either judgment or blessing (see, for example, Psalms 23:5; 75:8; 116:13; Isaiah 51:17). Jesus felt all the emotions of his humanity, including fear and anxiety.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4639. as ... wont--(See Joh 18:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:42

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Cup
• Gethsemane
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Obedience
• Peter
• Prayer
• Resignation
• Sorrow
• Submission
• Will

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Peter
• Reckon
• Abba
• God
• Jesus Christ
• Law in the New Testament

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings