Matthew 26:39

26:39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, ¹  “My Father, if possible, ²  let this cup ³  pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

Matthew 26:42

26:42 He went away a second time and prayed, ⁴  “My Father, if this cup ⁵  cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”

Matthew 26:44

26:44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

Matthew 26:1

The Plot Against Jesus

26:1 When ⁶  Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

Matthew 8:26

8:26 But ⁷  he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked ⁸  the winds and the sea, ⁹  and it was dead calm.

Daniel 9:18-19

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹⁰  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹¹  and the city called by your name. ¹²  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹³  but because your compassion is abundant. 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “ground, praying and saying.” Here the participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “if it is possible.”

³ sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.

⁴ tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “this”; the referent (the cup) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁷ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁸ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

⁹ sn Who has authority over the seas and winds is discussed in the OT: Ps 104:3; 135:7; 107:23-30. When Jesus rebuked the winds and the sea he was making a statement about who he was.

¹⁰ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

¹¹ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

¹² tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

¹³ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.