Luke 22:42
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
KJV
λέγων· πάτερ, εἰ βούλει παρενέγκαι τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ· πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημά μου ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γινέσθω.
Greek NT
dicens : Pater, si vis, transfer calicem istum a me : verumtamen non mea voluntas, sed tua fiat.
Vulgate
saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
ASV
Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- παρένεγκε — SBLGNT
- παρένεγκε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- παρενεγκεῖν — Robinson-Pierpont
- τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον — SBLGNT
- τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο — Robinson-Pierpont
- γινέσθω — SBLGNT
- γινέσθω — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- γενέσθω — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§532Jesus' obedience to his mother and legal father fulfils the fourth commandment perfectly and was the temporal image of his filial obedience to his Father in heaven. the everyday obedience of Jesus to Joseph and Mary both announced and anticipated the obedience of Holy Thursday: "Not my will. . ."223 The obedience of Christ in the daily routine of his hidden life was already ina…
§2600The Gospel according to St. Luke emphasizes the action of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of prayer in Christ's ministry. Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and Transfiguration, and before his own fulfillment of the Father's plan of love by his Passion.43 He also prays before the decisive moments involvi…
§2605When the hour had come for him to fulfill the Father's plan of love, Jesus allows a glimpse of the boundless depth of his filial prayer, not only before he freely delivered himself up (“Abba . . . not my will, but yours."),53 but even in his last words on the Cross, where prayer and the gift of self are but one: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do",54 "Truly, …
Was it necessary for Christ to suffer for men's deliverance? Was there any other possible means of delivering men? Was this the more suitable means? Was it fitting for Christ to suffer on the cross? The extent of His sufferings Was the pain which He endured the greatest? Did His entire soul suffer? Did His Passion hinder the joy of fruition? The time of the Passion The place Wa…
Q. What does the third request mean? A. Your will be done, on earth as in heaven means: Help us and all people to reject our own wills and to obey your will without any back talk. Your will alone is good. Help us one and all to carry out the work we are called to, as willingly and faithfully as the angels in heaven.
Cross-references
- Acts 21:14 — And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
- Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
- Heb 10:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
- Isa 51:22 — Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more d
- John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- John 5:30 — I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
- John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 12:27 — Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
- John 18:11 — 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 — 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?
- Luke 22:17 — And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
- Mark 14:36 — And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
- Matt 6:10 — Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
- Matt 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Matt 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able
- Matt 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able
- Matt 26:39 — And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- Matt 26:42 — 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.
- Matt 26:44 — And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
- Ps 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Rom 8:15 — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.