JOHN 18:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”
Jesus said to Peter, 'Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?' — Jesus rebukes Peter with a question that reveals his acceptance of the Father's will. The "cup" (potērion) echoes the Synoptic Gethsemane tradition but without anguish; for John, Jesus has already achieved submission in prayer (17:4). The appeal to the Father's gift frames Jesus' passion as obedient vocation rather than tragic circumstance.
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