Luke 22:42

42 "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."

Luke 22:42 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:42

Saying, Father, if thou be willing
If it be consistent with thy will of saving sinners, and which thou hast declared to me, and I have undertook to perform: the other evangelists say, "if it be possible"; (See Gill on Matthew 26:39) remove this cup from me;
meaning, either his present sorrows and distress, or his approaching sufferings and death, which he had in view, or both: nevertheless not my will;
as man, for Christ had an human will distinct from, though not contrary to his divine will: but thine be done;
which Christ undertook, and came into this world to do; and it was his meat and drink to do it, and was the same with his own will, as the Son of God; (See Gill on Matthew 26:39), and (See Gill on Matthew 26:42).

Luke 22:42 In-Context

40 When he reached the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not come into the time of trial."

41 Then he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed,

42 "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."

43 [Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength.

44 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]