Mateo 26:42

42 Otra vez fue, segunda vez, y oró diciendo: Padre mío, si no puede este vaso pasar de mí sin que yo lo beba, hágase tu voluntad

Mateo 26:42 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:42

He went away again the second time
To the same place as before, or at some little distance; after he had reproved his disciples for their sleeping, and had exhorted them to watchfulness and prayer, suggesting the danger they were liable to, and the condition they were in:

and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from
me except I drink it, thy will be done.
The sense of this prayer to his God and Father is, that if his sufferings and death could not be dispensed with; if it was not consistent with the decrees of God, and the covenant of grace, that he should be excused from them; or if the glory of God, and the salvation of his people required it, that he must drink up that bitter cup, he was content to do it; desiring in all things to submit unto, and to fulfil his Father's will, though it was so irksome and disagreeable to nature.

Mateo 26:42 In-Context

40 Y vino a sus discípulos, y los halló durmiendo, y dijo a Pedro: ¿Así no habéis podido velar conmigo una hora

41 Velad y orad, para que no entréis en tentación; el espíritu a la verdad está presto, mas la carne débil

42 Otra vez fue, segunda vez, y oró diciendo: Padre mío, si no puede este vaso pasar de mí sin que yo lo beba, hágase tu voluntad

43 Y vino, y los halló otra vez durmiendo; porque los ojos de ellos estaban agravados

44 Y dejándolos se fue de nuevo, y oró por tercera vez, diciendo las mismas palabras