ESV Reformation Study Bible – Luke 22:42
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Luke 22:42

22:42 this cup. A symbol of suffering and divine anger (Is. 51:17; Ezek. 23:33).

not my will. As One who had taken upon Himself a complete human nature, it was natural for Jesus to shrink from the horror of the Cross, a horror magnified by His knowledge that in dying He would be forsaken by God and experience the weight of divine anger on sin. Nevertheless, Jesus is determined to follow the will of His Father.