If thou be willing, remove this cup, &c.— Oh that thou wouldst,—or, that thou wert willing to remove this cup from me! &c. Blackwall. Our Lord spoke this, not as desirous to be excused from sufferings and death, but in reference to the terror and severity of the combat in which he was now actually engaged. See on Matthew 26:39.
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Luke 22:42
42 Saying,Father, if thou be willing, removeb this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.