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NASB | Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done." |
Subject: Not my will, but Yours be done... |
Bible Note: John: Thanks for your response! You wrote: "I would interpret this passage in the following manner: Jesus was still human at the time." As a side note, I believe that the Bible shows us that Jesus is STILL human. "It's not a sin or even a question of a conflict of wills to ask the Father for something to be done if it's within His will to do so. Jesus wasn't saying He wouldn't do it." Oh, I agree that Jesus isn't saying He wouldn't do it; but it seems pretty clear that part of Him wasn't WANTING to do it -- at least not in this way. He prays that, if the Father is willing, the cup would pass from Him. God apparently says, "No." It is passages like this one that makes it obvious that Jesus is more than "God wearing skin." Jesus, being completely human (minus sin), possessed human emotions, a human intellect, and with respect to His humanity, finite knowledge (Mark 13:32). That is why I think we are walking on very precarious ground when we try to "psychoanalyze" Jesus, assuming He is always speaking and reacting from His divine nature (which he undoubtedly does often -- Luke 10:18; John 8:58) when He may not be doing so. A similar case would be Lazarus. Jesus intentionally let Lazarus die and lie in the grave for days before coming to see the family. He knew that He was going to raise Lazarus from the dead, and that the sadness of Mary and Martha was only to be momentary. Yet Jesus himself wept, and John offers no explanation as to why Jesus would weep if He orchestrated the whole death-resurrection scenario Himself. It is more evidence that Jesus and His emotions and His will during His earthly ministry are much more complex than we acknowledge at first glance. --Joe! |