cup
The "cup" must be interpreted by our Lord's own use of that symbol in speaking of His approaching sacrificial death (Matthew 20:22); (John 18:11). In view of (John 10:17); (John 10:18); He could have been in no fear of an unwilling death. The value of the account of the agony in the Garden is in the evidence it affords that He knew fully what the agony of the cross would mean when His soul was made an offering for sin, (Isaiah 53:10); in the hiding of the Father's face. Knowing the cost to the utmost, he voluntarily paid it.