Matthew 26:42

26:42 He went away a second time and prayed, ¹  “My Father, if this cup ²  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.

Mark 14:36

14:36 He said, “Abba, ³  Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup ⁴  away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

John 12:27-28

12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me ⁵  from this hour’? ⁶  No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. ⁷  12:28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, ⁸  “I have glorified it, ⁹  and I will glorify it ¹⁰  again.”

¹ tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “this”; the referent (the cup) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The word means “Father” in Aramaic.

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Or “save me.”

⁶ tn Or “this occasion.”

⁷ tn Or “this occasion.”

⁸ tn Or “from the sky” (see note on 1:32).

⁹ tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹⁰ tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.