Mat 26:39 | NET2full | STEP | Going a little farther , he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed , “ My Father , if possible , let this cup pass from me ! Yet not what I will , but what you will.”

‏ Matthew 26:39

39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, ^{▼▼tn Grk “ground, praying and saying.” Here the participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.} “My Father, if possible, ^{▼▼tn Grk “if it is possible.”} let this cup ^{▼▼sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Pss 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.} pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”