Mattheüs 26:42

42 Wederom ten tweeden male heengaande, bad Hij, zeggende: Mijn Vader! Indien deze drinkbeker van Mij niet voorbij kan gaan, tenzij dat Ik hem drinke, Uw wil geschiede!

Mattheüs 26:42 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:42

He went away again the second time
To the same place as before, or at some little distance; after he had reproved his disciples for their sleeping, and had exhorted them to watchfulness and prayer, suggesting the danger they were liable to, and the condition they were in:

and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from
me except I drink it, thy will be done.
The sense of this prayer to his God and Father is, that if his sufferings and death could not be dispensed with; if it was not consistent with the decrees of God, and the covenant of grace, that he should be excused from them; or if the glory of God, and the salvation of his people required it, that he must drink up that bitter cup, he was content to do it; desiring in all things to submit unto, and to fulfil his Father's will, though it was so irksome and disagreeable to nature.

Mattheüs 26:42 In-Context

40 En Hij kwam tot de discipelen en vond hen slapende, en zeide tot Petrus: Kunt gij dan niet een uur met Mij waken?

41 Waakt en bidt, opdat gij niet in verzoeking komt; de geest is wel gewillig, maar het vlees is zwak.

42 Wederom ten tweeden male heengaande, bad Hij, zeggende: Mijn Vader! Indien deze drinkbeker van Mij niet voorbij kan gaan, tenzij dat Ik hem drinke, Uw wil geschiede!

43 En komende bij hen, vond Hij hen wederom slapende; want hun ogen waren bezwaard.

44 En hen latende, ging Hij wederom heen, en bad ten derden male, zeggende dezelfde woorden.