John 18:11

But Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword. Should I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”

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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

10At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

12So the soldiers of the garrison, with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards, arrested Jesus and bound him,

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Cross References

Matthew 26:39Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. “My Father,” he said, “if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as you will.”

Mark 10:38“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup that I am to drink? Or receive the baptism that I am to receive?”

Luke 12:30These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.

John 11:41So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard my prayer.

John 15:10If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart and remain 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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