John 18:11

Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

12Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 23:31You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.

Matthew 26:39And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

Mark 10:38But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?

Luke 12:30For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

John 11:41So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

John 15:10If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

Matthew Henry on John 18:2-13

Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and… Read the whole commentary →

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