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Mat 26:39. Ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, on His face) not only on His knees[1147]-the deepest humiliation.[1148]-ΠΆΤΕΡ ΜΟΥ, My Father) Jesus prays as a Son.-εἰ δυνατόν ἐστι, if it is possible) cf. Mat 26:53, from which verse it also appears how promptly and perfectly Jesus surrendered Himself to the will of the Father.-τὸ ποτήριον, the cup) offered by the Father, brimful with the whole draught of suffering.-θέλω, I will) This Will of Jesus that the cup might pass away from Him, was not absolute without reference to His Fathers Will. Cf. the latter part of Joh 21:18.[1149]
[1147] Which Luke records.-V. g.
[1148] Such as occurs in His history, nowhere else.-V. g.
[1149] Where Peter’s flesh is represented as not willing (ὅπου οὐ θέλεις) that which his spirit would be willing to bear. The not-willingness is not absolute without reference to God’s will and glory. His flesh would wish to escape, only if so were God’s will.-ED.